City of Oldsmar, Florida Sustainable Coffee, 19 Oct 2017

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From YouTube: How can sustainable coffee production improve water security?

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Download the SCA White Paper "A BLUEPRINT FOR WATER SECURITY IN THE COFFEELANDS" at www.sca.coffee/whitepaper/water

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Coffee, it's grown in watersheds that provide drinking water to communities worldwide. Two billion people in the world do not have access to clean and safe water. Women and girls are most affected. The way coffee is produced in processed can either add to the global water crisis or can be part of the solution.

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Truly sustainable coffee production can minimize contamination, recharge watersheds and improve water security for those downstream.

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We have the solutions, it's time to act.

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Coffee production shapes the ecology of entire regions, 25 million smallholder farmers produce 80 percent of the world's coffee in these farms impact the drinking water of millions of people downstream.

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The definition of true sustainability for the specialty coffee industry must ensure that coffee, production and processing do not threaten local water security.

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Specialty coffee actors develop in research institutions, along with farmers, have demonstrated that water, smart practices have positive results on both farms and downstream water quality.

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The SCA has compiled these best practices in the white paper of blueprint for water security in the coffee lands. It has six main recommendations. One know the source. The starting point for engaging on water security is learning about water resources in the specific landscapes where your source and coffee to promote water, smart farming, water, smart farming practices, aim to recharge local watersheds and minimize impact to downstream water quality.

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Good coffee management leads to good water management, 3 promote water, smart milling practices when processing coffee, reduce water use and treat wastewater before it returns to streams and rivers for create incentives for water, smart practices, creating incentives that promote both water, smart production and processing will help to ensure lasting impact and continued evolution of the coffee industry.

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Five build consumer awareness about water through coffee coffee is an exceptional way to build consumer awareness of both global water issues and industry. Efforts to protect natural resources for communities at origin, six, strategic collaboration at the industry level, water related risks in the coffee supply chain can rarely be dealt with independently. Lasting solutions require cross industry and pre competitive collaboration.

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Producers, buyers, baristas and consumers who truly value sustainability, carry the responsibility to learn and educate each other on the important role coffee plays and water access for millions of people worldwide. There's a global water crisis.

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Together we can be part of the solution.

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For more detailed information and case studies download the free paper now.

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