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• Lawn chair balloonist achieves his dream
It began after Couch, clutching a big mug of coffee, kissed his wife and kids goodbye, then patted their shivering Chihuahua, Isabella, on the head.
• ConsumerMan: Get a cheap cell headset
Jim Rainey thinks we should also ban drinking coffee, eating, putting on makeup, shaving and changing radio stations in the car. “When everyone discusses cell phones they always seem to forget the other distractions that happen everyday," he notes.
• Starbucks slashing 600 office jobs
SEATTLE - Starbucks Corp. said Thursday it has laid off about 220 support staff who worked at the coffee retailer's headquarters and in field operations, and will leave about 380 open jobs unfilled. Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz ...
• Mmm, rodents! China feasts on rat infestation
Hakone Kowakien Yunessun has offered a variety of creative baths including some filled with wine and coffee. Last year it came up with one resembling curry. We can't wait for the chocolate-fondue jacuzzi, but we're guessing that's going to get a ...
• Lovable losers? Hollywood welcomes you
Her first big movie as a lead, the upcoming “Baby Mama,” teams her primarily with longtime collaborator Amy Poehler. So it appears that someone else will have to step up. Women who spill coffee on their shirts, can’t walk elegantly in heels ...

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• Business: Food and Related Products: Beverages: Coffee  (227)
• Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Rubiaceae: Coffea  (8)

» Biological Control of Coffee Berry Borer in Organic Coffee - Article discussing the main cultural and biological methods for controlling this pest. [PDF]
» Coffea arabica - Information on all aspects of coffee production and use.
» Coffee - Information on cultivating this crop under the climatic conditions existing in India, including recommended fertilizer rates and pest and disease control.
» Coffee - Information on this product, its history, biology, cultivation, processing and uses.
» Coffee - Information on the cultivation of this crop in the Philippines. [PDF]
» Coffee Development: From Bean to Cup - Every step of coffee development is explained in this article, from growing coffee plants, through harvesting and processing, to the various quality checks needed before shipping roast coffee to other countries.
» Coffee Diseases and Pests - Provides information on coffee leaf rust, coffee berry disease, bacterial blight, nematodes and leaf miners which attack this crop.
» Coffee Farming - Information on cultivating this crop including its botany, harvesting, extraction of the beans, processing, sorting and storing.
» The Coffee Plant - Information on the cultivation of coffee, the pests and diseases that can affect the bushes and details of the two main varieties, Arabica and Robusta.
» Coffee Production - This article concentrates on the harvesting and processing of the crop. [PDF]
» Coffeeresearch.org - Information on the plants and their botany, the range of the genus, climatic requirements, and cultivation.
» Crop Profile for Coffee in Hawaii - General information on growing coffee in Hawaii, production methods, insect pests, diseases and weed control. [PDF]
» Crop Profile for Coffee in Puerto Rico - General information on coffee production in Puerto Rico, its cultural requirements, insect, disease, weed and nematode control. [PDF]
» Growing Coffee with IPM - Detailed account of integrated pest management techniques for coffee growers. [PDF]
» Harvesting Coffee Beans - Information on coffee harvesting with details of mechanical harvesting, stripping, and picking coffee beans.
» How Coffee is Grown and Harvested - General article on coffee production including illustrated information on where it is grown, harvesting methods and techniques and the economics of producing coffee.
» New Rural Industries: Coffee - Article on growing this crop in Australia with information on marketing issues, soil and climate, agronomy, varieties, cultivation methods, and an assessment of the economics of production. [PDF]
» Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign - Information about shade grown coffee, and its benefits to local ecologies.
» Online Shade Coffee Seminar - Promotes shade growing over sun growing for environmental reasons.
» Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics: Coffee - Covers all aspects of plant cultivation, harvesting, processing, handling, packing and storage. [PDF]
» Soil Analysis Examples and Coffee Nutrients - Describes the nutrient requirements of coffee, the necessity of analysing the soil and correcting any problems found, and the use of coffee hulls and pulp as fertilizer.


» Atlantic Monthly: Can Coffee Drinkers Save the Rain Forest? - Article from the Atlantic Monthly about sustainable coffee (August 1, 1999)