Specialty Coffee Association Podcast
Education
Last April, much of the discussion - at Expo and Re:co Symposium - was centered on the Coffee Price Crisis and the future of specialty. In a special episode to kick off the new year, we’re releasing a two-part lecture on the C market that sought to provide clarity and actionable data for the specialty industry.
Over the past few years, many began to question coffee’s ability to provide a sustainable household income to smallholder producers. Although there’s still much to learn about the full cost of producing specialty coffee around the world, a widely-acknowledged hypothetical benchmark of US$1.40 per pound demonstrates how current levels of productivity and market pressures continue to fail smallholder producers. Throughout all of 2018 and 2019, the C market, the main price discovery mechanism and clearing house for coffee, has been below this hypothetical price of US$1.40. As a result, our industry has been questioning the value and existence of the C market as well as expressing concern over the multi-dimensional costs to producers, countries, and the environment.
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This episode of the Expo 2019 Lectures podcast is supported by Softengine Coffee One, Powered by SAP. Built upon SAP's business-leading Enterprise Resource Planning solution, Softengine Coffee One is designed specifically to quickly and easily take your small-to-medium coffee company working at any point along the coffee chain to the next level of success. Learn more about Softengine Coffee One at softengine.com, with special pricing available for SCA Members. Softengine: the most intelligent way to grow your business.
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Episode Table of Contents: Part 1
0:00 Introduction
2:30 Colleen Anunu introducing the speakers, anti-trust considerations and the issue of low prices for coffee producers
10:30 Ed Canty on how specialty coffee buyers can support producers with contractual floor prices while offsetting risks with futures and options contracts
28:15 Rene Leon Gomez of Promecafe on the human and environmental costs of low prices in ten coffee producing countries
43:45 Juan Esteban Orduz of the Colombian Coffee Federation on the World Producer Forum, its mission and its role on the international scene and the relationship between costs and low prices for World Coffee Producer Forum members
1:06:15 Outro
#45: Education in Specialty Coffee: Engaging or Alienating? | 2018 Expo Lectures
#44: Creating Sustainable Careers in Specialty Coffee | Charles Jack | SCA 2018 Lectures
#43: Mentorship in Specialty Coffee: Students Become the Teachers | SCA Lectures 2018
#40: Demystifying, Updating & Expanding the Brewing Control Chart | Scott Frost | SCA Lectures 2018
#42: The Best Way to Roast for Espresso | Panel Discussion | SCA Lectures 2018
#41: The Challenges of Being a Biological Coffee Farmer | Tim Wendelboe | CoLab: Bucharest
#39: Coffee is a Business (Whether You Like it or Not) | Andrew Gough | SCA Lectures 2018
#38: Re:co Podcast - The State and Future of The Business of Coffee (S6 E3)
#37: Re:co Podcast - Janice Anderson on the State and Future of the Business of Coffee
#36: Re:co Podcast - The State and Future of the Business of Coffee (S6 E1)
#35: Re:Co Podcast - Daniel Jones on the Evolution of Innovation
#34: Re:co Podcast - Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner on the Evolution of Innovation
#33: Re:co Podcast - The Evolution of Innovation(S5 E1)
#32: Re:co Podcast - Harnessing the Power of Science Panel Discussion (S4 E3)
#31: Re:co Podcast - Selena Ahmed on the Impact of Climate Change (Session 4, Episode 2)
#30: Re:co Podcast - Dr. Britta Folmer on Harnessing the Power of Science
#29: Re:co Podcast - Changing Tides: Building Diverse and Inclusive Communities (Session 3, Ep. 3)
#28: Re:co Podcast - Michelle Johnson on Building Diverse and Inclusive Communities
#27: Re:co Podcast - Changing Tides: Building Diverse and Inclusive Coffee Communities, Episode 1
#26: Re:co Podcast - Andre de Freitas on Trends in Sustainable Sourcing
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