Certification mark name or other kind of label name

With the growing relationship between coffee farmers in the producing areas and the roasters and tradesmen who buy the land, many kinds of projects related to coffee production or focusing on ecological protection have emerged. It is hoped that the environmental damage caused by this money-by-money high economic crop can be minimized. In fact, these projects will educate consumers to spend a little more money on coffee beans, contribute to the people of the producing countries, so that they can get a better income, or use the money to assist in environmentally friendly farming. This type of coffee beans with special objectives are usually issued by international certification units, which are accredited to growers as long as they meet health, environmental protection or socio-economic norms. In addition, there are some non-certified coffee farms that have long-term partnerships with roasters in consumer countries to protect farmers' income.

The following are several certification project plans:

1. Organic certified coffee beans: organic certified coffee beans (Gertified Organic Coffees) ensure that the coffee beans received by the buyer are grown, transported, stored and roasted without chemical synthetic or artificial additives.

two。 Shade planting Certification, Goodwill Bird Program Coffee beans: in addition to being organically grown, coffee beans are also interplanted with multiple tree species to provide shelter for birds in the coffee garden, making it possible for the coffee bean to receive an additional certification mark under the Goodwill Bird Program (Bird Friendly) issued by the migratory bird research center of the Smithsonian research institute.

However, the description of Certified Shade-Grown coffee is a bit complicated, and its certification standard is still controversial at present. At present, in terms of the tight "shading" relationship, all coffee can be roughly divided into four categories. The truly shaded coffee beans must be interplanted with other different tree species in the coffee garden, which looks like a small-scale forest reserve. Coffee trees play a role in the whole shade ladder, but at present, mainstream exquisite Arabica coffee trees are "arranged" to be planted in a specific shade, just as flowers and trees in the park are planned in advance. These coffee trees are carefully planted in the shade of a particular single tree species. The third kind actually does not have any other shade at all, but because of the comparative advantage of natural environmental conditions, one of which may be that the planting area is covered by relatively thick clouds (like Jamaica-Blue Mountains). Similar in semi-dry areas (like Yemen) or in cool climates relatively far from the equator (such as Brazil or Hawaii). No matter which one it is, it has nothing to do with the concept of "shade planting". The fourth is cultivated by artificial technology, just like cornfields grown on vast barren land, where coffee beans are grown completely unsheltered. At present, such coffee farms cultivated entirely by artificial technology are very rare in the world. But if international coffee prices remain so low, this kind of coffee cultivation may become more and more common.

Environmentalists are most supportive of cross-shading of different tree species in the first category, because this kind of planting can not only provide natural and dense cover for coffee trees, but also provide habitat for migratory birds and other wild species. in order to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. Shade-certified coffee beans are most common in Central America because the region has been growing coffee trees in this way since ancient times.

3. Certified Fair-Trade Coffees Coffee beans: Fairtrade certified coffee beans (Fairtrade certified coffee beans) generally come from coffee cooperatives that operate democratically. Cooperatives give member coffee farmers the guarantee of "guaranteed purchase price", which is set by international notaries and pays money from consumers' pockets to buy coffee beans certified by fair trade. some of it is spent on promotional activities to promote the concept of "fair trade" in consumer countries, but most of the money goes directly into the pockets of coffee growers. Almost all fair trade certified coffee beans have multiple certification qualifications of organic certification or shade certification at the same time, therefore, for coffee lovers with a sense of mission in the environment and society, fair trade certified coffee beans are the best and most positive choice to buy.

4. Ecological maintenance certified coffee beans: this is a certification mark (Certified Eco-OK Coffees) issued by the Rainforest Alliance (Rainforest Alliance). In order to obtain such certification marks, the environmental requirements of many projects must be met at all stages from planting to polishing, such as the diversity of wildlife in the manor, the zero-pollution treatment process, the reduced or restricted use of artificial chemical fertilizers, and various social and economic norms related to the livelihood of coffee farmers and workers.

5. Endless Plan Coffee beans: in the Fine Coffee Association of America, many relevant organizations are planning a large-scale project planting plan ("Sustainaable" Coffees). Fan Wai covers environmental, social, economic and other issues, and aims to keep all resources alive and unexhausted. However, at the time of writing, the plan has not yet been put into practice, but the author is sure that the plan will begin one day in the future.

6. Coffee beans produced by partnerships: roasters in the consuming country usually form a partnership (Partnership or Relationship Coffees) with coffee cooperatives in the producing country. This means that a fixed percentage of the profits earned from the sale of coffee beans in the consuming country will be returned directly to cooperatives or coffee farmers in the producing country. There are also roasters who donate the proceeds to the Coffee Kids agency, which specializes in funding projects in Latin American coffee-producing countries.