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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 20 > Climate change takes toll on coffee growers, consumers

Climate change takes toll on coffee growers, consumers

By Melissa Allison / The Bulletin
March 20, 2011

SANTA MARIA DE DOTA, Costa Rica — A mile above this rural mountain town, coffee trees have produced some of the world’s best arabica beans for more than a century.

Now farmers are planting even higher — at nearly 7,000 feet — thanks to warmer temperatures.

“We noticed about six years ago, the....

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