“The best coffee for biodiversity is organic shade coffee in Ethiopia, where the coffee is a native species of the forest,” (all shade coffees are not equal) see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205082924.htm
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Much the same with Olives here in NSW. Around 10-15 years age Olives were touted as a the latest wonder crop. Now there are many more or less abandoned olive plantations around the state, with feral trees springing up around the properties. Birds such as Currawongs love olives, and disperse the seeds far and wide. Car Clifford
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No all shade coffees are not equal. Here in north Queensland people plant coffee because they think it might be cool to process their own. Usually this is only done once due to the labour involved. Birds love coffee and spread it around. It invades the rainforest. Seeds have along viability in the soil seed bank. I personally have spent many hours weeding it from national parks but some have spent more than a year of working hours doing this as volunteers! Where coffee is not native it should be grown only away form areas it can easily invade. Alan Alan’s Wildlife Tours 2 Mather Road Yungaburra 4884 Phone 07 4095 3784 Mobile 0408 953 786 http://www.alanswildlifetours.com.au/ —–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, February 9, 2015 04:45 PM “The best coffee for biodiversity is organic shade coffee in Ethiopia, where the coffee is a native species of the forest,” (all shade coffees are not equal) see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205082924.htm
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When I lived in the USA in 1999 there was a strong “shade coffee” movement. This is interesting reading
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