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BRIEF Each coffee bush requires up to 4 years to

reach maturity and begin producing beans.
With such a shortage on the horizon,
Puerto Rican Coffee at Brink of farmers are looking at new ways to revive
Extinction the industry, such as organic and small-
scale farming.
Labour shortages have plagued the coffee
industry in recent years but harvesting
issues pale in comparison to a larger
problem—coffee bushes in Puerto Rico are
facing extinction at an alarming rate.

The Puerto Rican Secretary of Agriculture
Josué Rivera Castro has stated the alarming
condition of coffee production to local
press, highlighting the slow recovery from

Hurricane Maria in 2017 as one of the main
issues facing coffee farmers in the region.
The hurricane devastated farms and
destroyed over 20 million trees, and now
eight years later, there have only been
around 150,000 trees replanted.

The El Yunque Rainforest, Beau Horiza
Puerto Rico

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BRIEF While oat and soy milks are declining in
popularity, Pea milk is promoted as
containing lower sugar and higher protein
Drink Your Peas: Milk Alternatives On than other plant-based dairy alternatives,

The Rise hoping to step in where interest in the
market is faltering.
Swedish company Sproud have hit the
shelves in the UK with resounding positivity
after Sainsbury’s added their pea milk
product to their inventory.

According to The Food Institute, 60.3% of
women purchased milk alternatives
compared to 39.3% of men during 2023 in the
UK, and in the US in 2024, 95% of consumers
asked by NIQ said they were concerned with
taking action to live more sustainably.

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