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NCA NextGen is Going to Geneva

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Bon voyage! 

Members of the NCA Next Generation Council to attend the 9th annual Swiss Coffee Trading Association Gala Dinner.

By Guillaume Zbinden, Be Green Trading
On behalf of the NCA NextGen Council

Switzerland is an important country for the coffee trade and roasting industry, and serves as the headquarters for several major coffee trading houses and roasters. (The country is even one of the world’s top five coffee exporters.)

This year, leadership from across the international coffee industry will come together for the 9th annual Swiss Coffee Trading Association Gala Dinner, October 11-12, 2018, in Geneva. It’s part of the SCTA Conference & Dinner 2018, “Making Waves.”

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What is Sustainability Success?

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Sustainability in coffee is critical – but the definition of true sustainability is still complicated.

At the beginning of the NCA Coffee Summit 2015 in Austin, Texas, moderator Laura Freebairn-Smith asked the attendees to collaborate in small groups to discuss the question:

How would you know sustainability efforts were successful?

Here are some of their answers:  Continue reading →

First-Ever Official International Coffee Day to Take Place on Oct. 1, 2015

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ICO International Coffee Day

We’re excited to be a part of the inaugural celebration of the coffee industry, which will focus on raising support for smallholder coffee farmers.

The ICO and Oxfam‘s “Caffè Sospeso Against Poverty” campaign is based on the concept of a ‘caffè sospeso,’ an Italian tradition of paying for a second cup of coffee to be given to a person in need.

Learn more over on the International Coffee Organization Blog, and stay tuned for updates.

How will you celebrate the first #InternationalCoffeeDay?