{"id":49,"date":"2018-06-15T18:15:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T18:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pbjvending.com\/blog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2018-06-19T18:16:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T18:16:43","slug":"atlanta-coffee-global-commodity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbjvending.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/15\/atlanta-coffee-global-commodity\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee in Atlanta Is a Global Commodity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Did you know that the United States<\/span> imported<\/span><\/a> 19.2 percent or the largest amount of coffee of all of the countries that imported coffee in 2017? That’s almost double the amount imported by the next country on the list (10.7 percent by Germany). Given the large amount imported, and the fact that Atlanta production of coffee is very small, the majority of the coffee consumed in the U.S. is grown overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is this important? <\/b><\/p>\n

Because in many locations around the world, the amount of land used for growing coffee<\/a> plants is expanding and causing increased deforestation which contributes to erosion, water pollution, the spread of pests and diseases, and the disruption of local micro-climates. But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way, and a number of the world\u2019s leading coffee companies are blazing a new trail in Indonesia\u2019s Bukit Barisan Selatan (BBS) National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

The BBS National Park, a protected area, is home to Sumatran tigers, rhinos, and elephants, and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The rainforest is also home to coffee production with 26,000 tons of robusta coffee beans (15 percent of the world\u2019s robusta beans) coming from within the park each year. Recently, those corporations as well as Indonesia\u2019s BBS National Park, the Indonesian government, and local farmers agreed to and signed a Collective Statement of Intent that aims to stop deforestation, protect the habitat for wildlife while supporting economic development.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why robusta beans?<\/b><\/p>\n

Robusta beans are important because they account for 40 percent of global coffee production. They have several unique benefits including:<\/span><\/p>\n