UTZ Certified Coffee

UTZ CERTIFIED
COFFEE
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

https://buyorganiccoffee.org/832/utz-certified-coffee/
Individuals looking for organic coffee may
run across the UTZ Certified label.

This label says that the bag of coffee you
are buying came from a coffee farm that
employed sustainable agricultural practices,
good environmental practices and efficient
farm management.

A key feature of the UTZ Certified label is
that UTZ Certified coffee is traced from
grower to roaster.

UTZ certified coffee is sold in North
America, Europe, and Japan, in nearly fifty
nations. According to UTZ,

UTZ Certified stands for sustainable farming
and better opportunities for farmers, their
families and our planet.

The UTZ program enables farmers to learn
better farming methods, improve working
conditions and take better care of their
children and the environment.

Through the UTZ-program farmers grow
better crops, generate more income and
create better opportunities while
safeguarding the environment and securing
the earth’s natural resources.

UTZ starts by educating the coffee farmer,
working with him to achieve organic status,
and then follows through by providing a
market for his organic coffee.

UTZ Helps Organic Coffee Farmers

Tough Requirements,
Gradual Implementation with
UTZ Certified Coffee

The long term goals of UTZ are good
agricultural practices, safe and healthy
working conditions, abolishment of child
labor, and environmental protection.

However, a grower does not need to
accomplish all that is required in the first
year.

This allows a grower to sign up to get his
coffee UTZ certified, learn what is
necessary, and grow into the long term
requirements of the program.

Because of the close tracking feature of all
UTZ Certified products, consumers
of healthy organic coffee produced by
these growers can be assured of product
quality as well as the farming practices that
brought it to market.

What UTZ Teaches and Requires

A UTZ grower learns to do the following and
then continues to do what is needed.

 Reduce and prevent soil erosion
 Keep records of fertilizer and chemical use
and use these products responsibly
 Follow good farming practices including
integrated pest management
 Avoid deforestation
 Protect water sources, native and
endangered species

 Use native fauna for shade grown coffee
 Train workers properly in their own
language
 Implement and follow through on health
and safety requirements
 Teach and require good hygiene
 Trace coffee from planting to roaster
 Carry out internal inspections every year

Is UTZ Certified Organic Coffee?

A UTZ Certified grower does not necessarily
get approval from the US Department of
Agriculture for organic coffee certification.

In doing so he avoids the cost of another
certification.

However, many organic growers go with
UTZ Certified coffee instead of organic
certification.

They do this because of the wider range of
benefits of working with UTZ and the wider
range of benefits that UTZ Certified coffee
enjoys.

In short, UTZ Certified coffee is typically
organic coffee with healthy organic coffee
antioxidants and a minimum of impurities.

As with all coffees UTZ Certified coffees
contain the useful ingredients which reduce
the risk of Type II diabetes as well as
several types of cancer.

UTZ coffees are grown according to
standardized and high level practices and
result in high quality coffee.

And, when you drink good coffee that is
UTZ Certified you can trace it back to a
valley in the mountains of Colombia,
Panama, or Brazil where a family is living a
better life by working with UTZ to bring you
a great cup of coffee.

Organic Coffee Certification

Certified organic coffee is grown without
pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and
synthetic fertilizers.

When you drink organic coffee you can
avoid the more-than-100 impurities that can
be found in a cup of regular coffee.

There are other certifications other than
UTZ. The gold standard is USDA (United
States Department of Agriculture).

But many small growers cannot afford to
have someone designated by the USDA to
certify and recertify their coffee.

Thus there are many small growers who
follow organic practices but only get a
regular price for their coffee.

That is where UTZ and organizations like
Rainforest Alliance come into play.

USDA Certification

According to the USDA, the following
applies to USDA organic coffee as well as to
all organic food production.

“… Organic food is produced by farmers
who emphasize the use of renewable
resources and the conservation of soil and
water to enhance environmental quality for
future generations…”

Because the only coffee growers in the USA
are in Hawaii the USDA outsources its
onsite inspections to Bio Latina and others.

USDA Organic Coffee Certification

Rainforest Alliance Certification

These folks are similar to UTZ in that they
help growers achieve organic certified
status working with them to achieve step by
step milestones on the way.

And, Rainforest Alliance helps farmers find
better markets for their organic products
from bananas to coffee.

Rainforest Alliance

Six of One and Half a Dozen of the Other

All of the certification processes give you
organic certified coffees.

Organic shade grown coffee is a top of
the line product.

Growing coffee this way protects the
environment and avoids displacing song
birds and other animals of the forest and
gives you a great cup of coffee.

Whether you go the USDA route or like UTZ
or Rainforest Alliance you will be getting
organic certified coffees.

If you drink UTZ certified coffee you have a
coffee tracked from farm to roaster to you
with quality controls along the way.

And you will have the comfort of knowing
that your coffee came from a grower whose
family cares for the land and has a better
life because of UTZ and you.

If you are having trouble finding organic
certified coffees and especially if you are
interested in wholesale organic coffee
contact us at Buy Organic Coffee.

For help finding small growers of organic
shade grown coffee deal with people who
work where it is grown. Contact Buy
Organic Coffee for more info.

UTZ and Rainforest Alliance Joining
Forces

As of this writing UTZ is working to join
forces with Rainforest Alliance to create a
powerhouse in the world of organic food,
sustainable agriculture, and better lives for
small scale farmers and their families.

UTZ Certified Coffee

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