Buy Coffee - Save Birds and Family Farms!

Coffee & Conservation

For over 100 years full and partial shade farming was the traditional method of coffee production. However the industry's boom resulted in most forests being cleared. Full-sun farms elicit a higher yield and require less management creating bigger profits for CEOs. For migratory birds and local wildlife the result of this is habitat loss. Now less than 40% of coffee farms remain in true shade and organic. The human cost is that many coffee workers must move to find work and fair wages as this increased demand for coffee has led to lowered standards.  

Birds & Beans Coffee pays their farmers the top price for coffee so they can keep growing coffee the old-fashioned way and so they can keep supporting their workers and families.

coffee, conservation, and You!

Birds & Beans customers, coffee clubs, and conservation partners (like Bird City Maryland) are helping save the over 2,250 family farms in Latin America that they buy from. These farms, many of which have grown coffee for over 100 years, are amazing winter refuges for the neotropical migratory birds we all love. Bird Friendly® coffee farms are also key to anchoring viable local rural economies as well as creating healthy micro-climates rich in bio-diversity. By buying Birds & Beans certified Smithsonian Bird Friendly®, USDA Organic and Fair Trade coffee, you are helping the family farms they buy from stay viable. It’s great tasting coffee too!

how to order

Go to the Birds & Beans website, select your favorite coffee or start a coffee subscription.

Use code 55BCMD in the “Gift or Discount Code” box at checkout. You will receive a 5% discount and Bird City Maryland will receive an annual donation from Birds & Beans for 5% of all coffee sold using the 55BCMD promo code.

Enjoy great tasting coffee with the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting migratory birds, families in Latin America, and Bird City Maryland!