What is organic coffee?

It is coffee that is produced without using synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, instead fertilizers made with organic material waste (organic fertilizers); activities of soil conservation are also perform.

Organic coffee it’s a coffee free of chemicals and synthetic pesticides, that is grown with a strict quality control and in harmony with nature.

Organic coffee is grown under shade, that is to say, coffee tress are grown between diverse trees. Trees that do not produce crops also provide shade to coffee trees. These coffee plantations are agro forest systems that offer numerous ecological and economic benefits such as: the protection and conservation of the biodiversity; soil protection; rain, frost and wind regulation; protection of the underground water, carbon capture; generation of food and productive diversification.

The farming of organic coffee is rule by international production and industrialization norms that are enforced by a certification system that guarantees the consumption of high quality coffee without synthetic chemicals and the protection of the environment.

The organic agriculture it’s ruled under the principles of a production:

Environment friendly: respect and protect the environment utilizing production techniques in equilibrium and harmony with nature and the human being, avoiding the destruction of the natural resources in the tropical and subtropical zones.

Economy: oriented to improve the income of the producer through the overprice paid for the organic coffee.

Socially fair: oriented to improve the quality of life of the producers and the consumers.

ADVANTAGES OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

The main advantages of an organic crop are:

  1. Decreases the contamination of the environment
  2. Seeks to eliminate the sanitary problems of the farms by organics means.
  3. Increases the biological fertility of the soil.
  4. Makes sustainable the production costs by eliminating the use of synthetic pesticides
  5. Increases the development of good agricultural practices regarding the use and conservation of the soil and water

Among the main countries producers of organic coffee there are México, Peru and Bolivia.

Among the main consumer countries there are the European Union, the United States and Japan.