No other certification guarantees that every bean is produced organically and under high-quality shade. This seal of approval ensures tropical “agroforests” are preserved and migratory birds find a safe haven when they travel from your backyard to those far-away farms producing the beans you so enjoy every morning.
The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center has developed the only 100% organic and shade-grown coffee certification available. Bird Friendly coffee is unique among coffees in that it insists on:
Consider this: In the time it takes you to drink one cup of coffee, acres of tropical forests are destroyed! Cup after cup, acres upon
acres - gone! And as the forests are destroyed, so too are the birds and wildlife that depend upon them!
In addition to deforestation,
over 5 billion pounds of pesticides are used annually in agricultural, forest and land management, as well as in lawn, garden, park and
sports maintenance. In the United States alone, over 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides are used annually. The impact from these
chemicals on birds, fish and wildlife is unimaginable.
Native and migratory birds are Increasingly dependent upon shade
grown coffee farms for food and shelter. The bird friendly coffee farms only harvest coffee from trees planted under the canopy
of existing forests. Buying shade grown, organic coffee stamped with the “Bird Friendly” seal off approval not only helps protect
wildlife habitats, it also discourages the clearing of forests for development of new coffee farms.
The Smithsonian Migratory
Bird Center (SMBC) encourages the production of shade-grown coffee, and the conservation of migratory birds, through its “Bird Friendly®”
seal of approval for coffee growers and roasters.
> Learn More: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
$132.00
