How is your cup of morning coffee connected to our planet's survival?
Industrial coffee farming can lead to damage in some of the world’s important environments. Regenerative agriculture offers an alternative: coffee plants are interwoven with native trees and other crops to support shade-grown production while replenishing the soil. The result? Richer soils that create more reliable coffee harvests seasons, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and more resilient ecosystems that support farmer livelihoods.
As part of Food for Tomorrow in collaboration with PepsiCo,
#NatGeoExplorers Pablo Albarenga (
pabloa.photo) and Caitlin Ochs (caitochs) are documenting regenerative farmers who are transforming their land to help secure their farms and family’s future — like Ricardo, pictured here, who manages a regenerative coffee farm in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Later this year, Ochs will travel to Costa Rica to meet with regenerative coffee farmers to understand the challenges they face and the mod...