Café Solar® supports the partnership of U Mass Lowell students and faculty with the organizations of small producers that are adopting clean technology and forest-friendly farming systems. The program is…
RichJune 30, 2014
Alliance partner, Bay Coffee, signs alliance agreement with Almana Harvest to promote Café Solar® and Harvested by Women™ coffees and empower women at origin. download full article
RichJanuary 24, 2014
MDI presenting on the Yoro Model of clean processing at the Center for Coffee Research (CICAFE) of the Costa Rican Coffee Institute The Mesoamerican Development Institute (MDI) will present on…
RichAugust 15, 2013
Meeting with Honduran Forest Service, Cooperative COMISUYL, Merchants of Green Coffee, and MDI In the new text book, Biodiversity Conservation in Agroforestry Landscapes: Challenges and Opportunities (published by the University…
RichJune 25, 2013
Introducing Café Solar®! A New Model of Sustainable Coffee Production from the “Direct Trade” partnership of Mesoamerican Development Institute at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the COMISUYL Cooperative in Yoro,…
RichMay 3, 2013
Golden-Winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)Photo by researcher Erin Strasser Our research has been published by the journal, Conservation Biology. The collaborative research includes principle author Dr. Richard Chandler and Carlin Chandler…
RichApril 18, 2013
As the official sustainable coffee of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Café Solar®, is being offered at several locations on campus in partnership with Aramark Dinning Services. Café Solar® is…
RichFebruary 20, 2013
The Fair Trade coffee producing organization, Cooperative COMISUYL, and neighboring farmer-owned biofuel producers, Biocombustibles de Yoro, S.A. (BYSA), and entered a cooperative agreement to support the transition to locally supplied…
RichFebruary 11, 2013
In August, nearly 1500 scientists from 24 countries gathered in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia for the fifth North American Ornithological Conference. A central focus of the conference…
RichSeptember 7, 2012
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