May
2021
Week 17 News Discussion
A Cup of Controversy
This article is about how the different coffee production methods can cause harm in different ways, and how that impacts the environment. For example, the article talks about how farmers burn down large swathes of the jungle to plant coffee trees so that they can produce more. This harms the ecosystem, and on the contrary, traditional farmers grow their trees in the shade, where there’s no need for pesticides. It also talks about animal processed coffee(yep, it’s beans pooped out by civets, birds, and elephants, or cleaned by ants, or spit out by monkeys), with some people sometimes forcing the animals to produce this expensive coffee. Overall, this article debates on the impact and ethics of growing and producing coffee.
- What do you think about the ethics of these production methods? Why?
- Do you think that the coffee production industry should be regulated more? Why?
- What do you think is the most effective solution for the problems with coffee production? Why?
Thomas Watt
May 22, 2021 at 2:03 am (3 years ago)1. I think these methods are a little crazy, these farmers are burning wildlife for coffee.
2. I think coffee should be watched more carefully as time goes on. I do not want the forest to burn down over coffee.
3. I think that each farmer should be given certain amount of land and then he can apply for more farm land. If he goes over that land, he will be fined in a way that he is basically paying for the nature ha has destroyed.