Bird Friendly Coffee

Bird Friendly Coffee

What to know:

• Bird Friendly Coffee is grown in an environment that benefits migratory birds.

• The chart below compares other labels in use today that complicate our choices.

• Smithsonian’s “Bird Friendly” label certifies rigorous standards were followed for farms, distributors, and

roasters.

o 100% Organic

o 100% Deforestation-free

o 100% Biodiversity conservation

practices in place

o 100% Product purity

Additionally:

• While the Smithsonian label guarantees the coffee is bird friendly, other growers may be raising coffee

that meets the same standards but are unable to afford the certification costs.

• Farmer to Farmer, a local Western Wisconsin roaster, regularly visits small Latin American coffee farms

that adhere to bird friendly growing practices.

More information:

• Buy Smithsonian-certified Bird Friendly coffee at: birdfriendly.si.edu

• YouTube.com: Bird Friendly Coffee—Webinar—World Migratory Bird Day 2025

• Coffee and Conservation blog site

“If you take care of birds, you take care of most of the big environmental problems in the world.”

Thomas Lovejoy, Former National Zoo Board member, taken from the Environment for the Americas Webinar “Bird Friendly Coffee.”