[NatureNS] more on Birds and Coffee

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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