Bovine Intervention: Colombia prepares to give unsustainable cattle production the hoof

by Neil Palmer | Dec 15, 2015

An ambitious proposal from the Colombian government to make cattle production more sustainable could save over a billion tonnes in greenhouse gas emissions, while protecting forests, regenerating land and boosting farmer incomes. If funded, the work will contribute to...

Climate change: Arabica coffee faces a roasting

by Neil Palmer | Oct 27, 2015

Scientists pinpoint the world’s most vulnerable coffee zones New research gives fresh insights into which of the world’s arabica coffee-producing zones will bear the brunt of climate change. The biggest losers will be in hotter areas with long dry seasons, such as...

EATxCali: Hungry for a Sustainable Food System

by Neil Palmer | Oct 26, 2015

When I grew up, poor people were thin. Books, films and news coverage of famines perpetuated the stereotype. But today, poor people are increasingly likely to be overweight. Now it’s often the rich who are the thin ones. It’s especially the case in cities, where...

STORMING THE TASTE TEST: How Colombia’s micro-lots blur the line between coffee and pure dopamine

by Neil Palmer | Oct 8, 2015

STORMING THE TASTE TEST How Colombia's micro-lots blur the line between coffee and pure dopamine Pasto, capital of Nariño Department, southwesten Colombia. On the third floor of a hotel near Pasto’s central plaza, there was slurping. Lots of slurping. This was...

Colombian coffee: Storming the taste test

by Neil Palmer | Oct 8, 2015

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