Article: Coffee Supplies Hit by Rising Demand, Climate Change

The following excerpt is from a March 1, 2010 article published by Reuters.  Click here to read the article in its entirety.

More coffee drinking coupled with climate change have reduced supplies of beans, producers said at an international conference over the weekend.

“There is already evidence of important changes,” said Nestor Osorio, the head of the International Coffee Organization, which represents 77 countries that export or import beans. “In the last 25 years the temperature has risen half a degree in coffee producing countries…

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