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Carbon-Neutral Coffee Presents an Interesting Reform to Food Production

This past week, a coffee growers cooperative from the Santa Maria de Dota region of Costa Rica announced its plans to export the first "carbon neutral" coffee. Coopedota R.L., a cooperative of 800 growers, has been working for 12 years to achieve carbon-neutral status. The certification, titled PAS 2060, was enacted in April 2010 by the British Standards Institute, an independent standards group. Since its announcement, it has been considered a good international standard for carbon neutrality by many experts and corporations.

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1 Comment | Posted by Leah Douglas, March 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: carbon, carbon neutral, coffee, Food Policy

'The Ring of Truth: Atoms,' with Julia Child

If you enjoyed the video of hand-pulled noodles to teach physics from the physicist Philip Morrison's 1987 PBS show The Ring of Truth: Atoms that I posted Wednesday, here's another from the same series—Julia Child isolating carbon....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, April 6, 2007 at 8:04 AM
Tagged: carbon, celebrity chefs, Julia Child, PBS, science, videos