Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending March 17th

Unions doing good, unions doing... less good.

One of those weeks where it seems like nothing’s happening, but then if you dig down a bit there’s a lot going on. Like:

• Keurig Dr Pepper is funding a study on farmer income. That’s right, a giant corporation wants to know what we as an industry can do to help improve the lives of the producers who underpin the entire thing. 🤔

• Young doctors in the UK are fighting for better pay, so what does their union do? Compare their pay unfavourably with baristas, causing a backlash.

• Heine Brothers’ Coffee, the second largest unionized coffee chain in the United States, has tentatively agreed a contract with its workers.

Read the full news roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:

If you missed it, you can read my interview with best-selling author and Youtuber John Green (!!!) about the Awesome Coffee Club, systems change in Sierra Leone, and whether or not he’ll ever return to Twitter:

‘No Billionaires Were Enriched Through The Sale Of This Coffee’: An Interview With Author John Green

Until next week, it’s goodbye from Merlin: