Thursday, September 11, 2014

Organic Coffee Threatened by Global Warming-Stoked Fungus

Organic Coffee Threatened by Global Warming-Stoked Fungus




Teodomiro Melendres Ojeda, an organic coffee grower in Cajamarca, Peru, stands at a crossroads. Neither path is attractive.
Leaf-rust fungus, known as roya in Spanish, has devastated about a third of his crop. Melendres, 48, can use chemicals to kill it, though he risks forfeiting his organic...

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