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 Wild magnolia trees in Colombia are diminishing due to deforestation.
These old species have existed on our planet for 85 million years--surviving the dinasours. They are now threatened by humans and their chainsaws. The Wild Magnolias are being cut down as the forest is clear cut for coffee plantations. Shadegrown coffee comes from coffeeplants inhabiting the forest and not in deforested fields. This is one way that buying shadegrown coffee benefits biodiversity.
Listen to npr.org reporting the story.
Remember to support fair trade.
These online merchants sell shade grown coffee:
SongBird Foundation
CounterCultureCoffee
GilliesCoffee
Watch Bill Clinton talking about Fair Trade Certified coffee with Martha Stewart
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Matthew Polly tells us about training to become a kung fu master in China.
