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Bird Friendly Coffee

Bird Friendly Coffee logo

Identifies and verifies through third-party, independent inspection and certification that coffee has been grown using shade management practices that provide good bird habitats. Shade characteristics must meet science-based criteria developed from ornithological field work. Only allows organic certifiers to issue the Bird Friendly label on organically certified coffees.

Learn more: Bird Friendly Coffee websiteExternal Site

Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with Bird Friendly Coffee's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party) following Certifiers must be USDA-accredited

Certification / registration required

Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label

Managing organization | Who manages this ecolabel?

Name

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoological Park

Member of

None

Type

Non-profit

Also manages

None.



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Key data

Year ecolabel est. 1998

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Product categories this ecolabel applies to
Commodities Food Other

Other categories: Coffee


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Last updated: 20 January 2012