NestlA[c] Philippines issues report on sustainable CSR initiatives.
NestlA[c] Philippines, Inc. (NPI) recently released an in-depth report on its sustainable corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Titled "Nurturing Filipinos, Enhancing the Quality of Life, the report details outreach programs conducted by NestlA[c] in the Philippines in six areas of endeavor: (1) environmental protection; (2) assistance to...

Young farmer to rehabilitate family's neglected coffee farm.
Armed with competent training on coffee farming through the help of leading coffee brand Nescafe, 26-year-old Donald Nueva Ecija from Sultan Kudarat hopes to revive the family's not-so-productive coffee farm. An industrial engineering graduate, Nueva Ecija plans to apply what he learned from his free three-day coffee...

Cavite town bares plan to set world record in coffee toast in 2008 festival.
Byline: MANDY FRANCISCO AMADEO, Cavite -- This coffee-producing town is planning to set a world record next year. This was announced by Amadeo Mayor Albert O.J. Ambagan during the celebration of the 6th annual Pahimis Festival here last Monday. Cavite Gov. Ayong S....

Commerce graduate succeeds in coffee production in Cavite.
Apolonio Belamide of Silang, Cavite, has planted and traded Robusta coffee for more than 30 years. Like most of his relatives and neighbors in Barangay Pook, Belamide is a second-generation coffee farmer and has been one all throughout his adult life. On an average year,...

NestlA[c] Philippines to invest P1.3 B for plant expansion.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT NestlA[c] Philippines Inc. (NPI), the country's leading manufacturer of food and dairy products, is investing R1.3 billion this year at its four production facilities to further enhance its capabilities to serve both domestic and export markets. NPI chairman and CEO Nandu Nand-kishore...

Absolution in your cup: the real meaning of fair trade coffee.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 1990: A mundane meeting of coffee cognoscenti dissolves into a spectacular clash of personalities. The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) represented an undeveloped but rapidly growing industry, a loose collection of young entrepreneurs just learning the gourmet coffee trade. The three-day conference was meant to hash...

The plight of Filipino coffee farmers.
Byline: LAI SUAREZ-REYES We drink coffee three times a day and yet never actually look at whatas in the mug. Popularly known as the ahappy cup,a coffee plays a major part in nearly every Filipinoas life. While many of us depend on it...

Anything and everything about coffee.
Byline: MA. GLAIZA LEE I donat know much about coffee. Coffee is a good aftera"meal drink, has caffeine that gives energy boost, and it can be drank instant or brewed, plain or with sugar and creama" thatas basically all I know about coffee. ...

Gov't regulations stunt coffee exports.
Stringent requirements and regulations governing the accreditation of local coffee farms as producer of specialty coffee are posing a bigger threat to the local industry's bid to go into this premium priced market abroad, coffee enthusiasts noted. Pacita Juan, director of the Figaro Foundation Corp., said they...

What do all those labels mean? Coffee is marketed under a variety of "causes".
In the rugged highlands of Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee, local people still harvest some of the world's best-tasting beans. As Oxfam explains, "The coffee-growing area in the mountains to the west of the Great Rift Valley is so ideally suited to growing arabica coffee the farmers need no...