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Content-Transfer-Encodi --001a113cd98ac8410d0511e87757 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On the coffee front, I see that Kicking Horse sells only shade-grown coffee as well. It can be ordered online. http://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/story/ideas/organic Nancy On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 9:25 PM, N Robinson <nrobbyn@gmail.com> wrote: > Check this out - Balzac's sells fair trade coffee that is not necessarily > bird friendly, but now they have the "Atwood Blend" (as in Margaret Atwood) > that is bird-friendly, in support of Point Pelee! > > http://www.balzacs.com/about/atwood-blend/ > > > Nancy > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Kate Steele <katefsteele@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks, John and James for starting this discussion! >> >> I agree with you, John - I wish they had have put in a 'plug' for the >> bird-friendly certification. I have also attempted to speak with the folks >> at Just Us about getting the certification, but they never responded to my >> phone calls or emails. I would certainly be willing to pay more for a >> certified bird-friendly product to help cover the cost of acquiring the >> certification. >> >> James: Great ideas! I'm very proud to say that the Nova Scotia Bird >> Society serves Just Us coffee at our meetings. To my knowledge, there is >> nowhere in Nova Scotia where certified bird-friendly coffee can be >> purchased, but I do drink Birds and Beans that was purchased online. I >> thought I heard once that the NSBS did have a program at one point where >> bird-friendly coffee was purchased en masse and distributed to our members >> - someone correct me if I have that wrong. I think the best goal to focus >> on would be to have bird-friendly coffee available to purchase more widely >> - either by bringing Birds and Beans to Nova Scotia, or by having Just Us >> certified bird-friendly. Chris and I watched Songbird SOS on Thursday >> evening (as I hope many others did) with Chris' mom, who has since decided >> that she would like to start drinking Bird and Beans to help save the birds >> (she currently drinks Just Us). If a non-birder thinks it worthwhile, I >> think there's hope! >> >> In 2014 I made it my New Year's resolution to drink only bird-friendly >> coffee or the next-best thing - I was successful and have maintained it in >> 2015 as well, but I never thought to write a blog! >> >> Kate >> >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 3:53 PM, James Churchill < >> jameslchurchill@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> I have not yet seen the doc. >>> I agree the topic of bird friendly coffee is an extremely important >>> one. I know the NS Bird Society has discussed it on occasion. BNS has not >>> yet. There needs to be more discussion/awareness of differences in >>> certifications and brands in terms of their benefit to birds, and where and >>> how we can introduce more bird friendly coffee into our days and events of >>> our organizations. >>> >>> As a member of the BNS program committee, in addition to currently >>> trying to line up a screening of 'The Messenger' documentary in the area >>> (followed up by discussion), I'd like to help get some more discussion >>> going around bird friendly and 'Bird Friendly' coffee too. This could >>> include, among other things, an invited speaker for one of our monthly >>> meetings. >>> >>> Our groups/organizations could be promoting bird friendly coffee by: >>> - serving it at our events >>> - encouraging local fair trade coffee companies to seek 'bird friendly' >>> certification >>> - writing up a promotional one-pager we can distribute to highlight the >>> benefits >>> - making web maps of locations in NS where bird friendly coffee can be >>> bought when out birding and need a caffeine fix - start with our birding >>> hotspots >>> - donating bird friendly coffee to events held by other groups (e.g., >>> town meetings, school groups) >>> - subsidizing shipment of bird friendly coffee to the area from Birds >>> and Beans or other certified companies (e.g., 'order bird friendly coffee >>> through BNS or the NSBS or Bird Studies Canada and receive a 15% >>> discount'); for organizations we could consider this as a >>> donation/ investment for bird conservation >>> - starting a listserv or Facebook group devoted to constructive >>> discussions around this >>> - putting a blurb on our webpages >>> >>> - it could also be a great topic for a blog or yearly challenge: a big >>> bird-friendly coffee year (writing about daily challenges finding it, >>> discussions with people etc), or "a year without Tim's". >>> >>> If you have other ideas on speakers or opportunities BNS could be >>> involved in, please pass them along here, to Jameslchurchill@gmail.com, or >>> the BNS Facebook group. >>> >>> Thanks to John for initiating this conversation. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, March 21, 2015, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I watched the Songbird SOS program that was first aired Thursday night >>>> on the Nature of Things. It was good to see the number of Canadian >>>> scientists that were featured. A longer program could have featured many >>>> more I'm sure. With my interest in acoustic monitoring, I was pleased to >>>> see how they used this technology to demonstrate the extent of nocturnal >>>> migration and what it sounds like. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The piece on forest-grown coffee was well done but didn't go into what >>>> the individual consumer can do to encourage the expansion of forest-grown >>>> coffee. There is a Canadian supplier of certified bird friendly, forest >>>> grown coffee, Birds and Beans. They have a video on their website >>>> explaining what this certification means, and you can order certified >>>> coffee from them online. The website is birdsandbeans.ca. The >>>> scientist featured at the beginning and end of Songbird SOS, Bridget >>>> Stutchbury, has sponsored some of their blends. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I have tried to initiate a dialogue on several occasions with Just Us >>>> in Grand Pre about bird certified blends but have had no success s