How much is used?

About 0.2 % is used

99.8 % wasted

Some coffee stats

• Coffee - 99.8% waste• 2nd biggest crop in the world• 123.6 million bags at 60kg• Only give value to the 0.2% • Factor 500 if we give value to it all• 25 million coffee farms in the world in 70

countries • 50 million rural jobs and 100,000 urban jobs

The potential ….

16 million tons of additional food

Coffee can be grown in the sun or the shade

Shade coffee promotes bio-diversity – but lower yields

Coffee plants require a tropical environment to thrive; they need warm weather and a moist climate with an annual rainfall of at least 59 inches

From plant to cup

• Harvesting can be selective or strip• Over-ripe and green beans separated using

water and pulping machine• Ripe beans are dried• Dried beans are roasted• Roasted beans are ground• Ground beans are used for cup of coffee• Transport?

What are the systems behind a good cup of coffee?

Agriculture workers in the coffee industry often toil in what has been described as "sweatshops in the fields."

Many small coffee farmers receive prices for their coffee that are less than what the costs are to produce.

Fair trade coffee

• To become Fair Trade certified, an importer must meet strict international criteria which includes:– Paying a minimum price per pound of $1.26– Providing much needed credit to farmers– Providing technical assistance such as help

transitioning to organic farming.

Uses of coffee ‘waste’?

• Coffee pulp can be used for low grade fertiliser

• Pulp can also be used as substrate for growing mushrooms

• Used substrate can be fed to animals• And animals produce high grade fertiliser• Not to mention 16 million tons of extra food

Bring on the goats!

A walk around the grounds?

• Coffee grounds could become a cheap and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel and fuel pellets

• Spent coffee grounds contain 11–20 per cent oil, depending on their type.

• Compare with rapeseed oil (37–50 per cent), palm oil (20 per cent), and soybean oil (20 per cent)

The challenge?