Shade-grown coffee is much easier on the environment than sunny coffee plantations. They require less fertilizer, prevent soil erosion, require fewer or zero pesticides, the list goes on.
From NPR's Science Friday:
Shade-grown coffee is sometimes called "bird friendly coffee," but a new paper in the journal Current Biology suggests that the plantations also help maintain the genetic diversity of native tree species.
NPR's Science Friday has a cool podcast about how shade-grown coffee farms also help with biodiversity of the areas, with a higher number of native tree species flourishing. Be sure to check out the video when you read the entire article.
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