[NatureNS] Re: more on Birds and Coffee

From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:03:16 -0300
Cc: Jeff Moore <jeff@justuscoffee.com>,
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JEFF, THANKS so much for this response, and I will try to find and send you=
 the rest of this discourse from NatureNS naturalists.  Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.

On Mar 25, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Jeff Moore <jeff@justuscoffee.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>       Yes, Just Us! did do "Bird-Friendly" coffee when the Irving Centre =
first opened.
>        As you know, all of our coffee is certified organic and hence shad=
e-grown and free
> of pesticides. While it is bird-friendly, in a general sense, it does not=
 mean that the
> farmers and/ or their co-ops know how to optimize these habitats for bird=
s generally
> or specific birds of concern. Some of our producers may be certified Bird=
 Friendly and
> others may be interested.=20=20
>       I'll pass this on to Joey Pittoello, our Director of Coffee, and he=
 can follow up on it.
>       Thanks for bringing us into the discussion, Jeff
>=20=20
> Jeff Moore MSW, DCL, LLD,
> Co-founder/Member Owner
> Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-operative
>=20=20
> PEOPLE and the PLANET before PROFITS
>=20=20
> From: Jim Wolford [jimwolford@eastlink.ca]
> Sent: March 23, 2015 5:33 PM
> To: naturens; Peter Romkey
> Cc: Debra Moore; Jeff Moore
> Subject: more on Birds and Coffee
>=20
> At the moment I am tech-challenged here in dealing with my e-mail system,=
 which won=92t allow me to send all that was before Ian=92s comment below. =
 But I am interested in what others wrote here about Bird-Friendly Coffee, =
i.e., certified by the Smithsonian Institute in the U.S.  The coffee sold a=
t the Irving Environmental Sciences Centre at Acadia University, after it o=
pened in the early 2000s (2002?), offered this kind of coffee, but I am not=
 current about whether that is still true.  Also, I thought that Bird-Frien=
dly Coffee had been supplied by Just Us Coffee Roasters.  Perhaps the Moore=
s or Peter Romkey can set me and us straight on this?
>=20
> Sorry about my ongoing tech challenges, but thanks to everyone who has co=
ntributed to this interesting and increasingly crucial topic.  Also I want =
to go back and review last week=92s episode of The Nature of Things, =93Son=
gbird SOS=94 =97cbc.ca/thenatureofthings/ .
>=20
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>=20
> Begin forwarded message:
>=20
>> From: Ian Manning <ianmanning4@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] more on Birds and Coffee
>> Date: March 23, 2015 at 3:37:10 PM ADT
>> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>=20
>> For those interested, I found this document buried in the Smithsonian Na=
tional Zoo website.
>>=20
>> http://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migffratorybirds/coffee/Norms-English_1.p=
df
>>=20
>> There's specific instructions about canopy closure, strata, and floral d=
iversity. Especially interesting that the dominant shade tree has to be a n=
ative species, and occupy no greater than 60% of the total shade trees.=20
>>=20
>> Ian


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mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">JEFF, THANKS so much f=
or this response, and I will try to find and send you the rest of this disc=
ourse from NatureNS naturalists. &nbsp;Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<div><b=
r><div><div>On Mar 25, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Jeff Moore &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:j=
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endly" coffee when the Irving Centre first opened.</div><div style=3D"margi=
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u know, all of our coffee is certified organic and hence shade-grown and fr=
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ncern. Some of&nbsp;our producers may be certified Bird Friendly and</div><=
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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=3D"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">&nbs=
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rector of Coffee,&nbsp;and he can follow up on it.</div><div style=3D"margi=
n-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks=
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