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Starbucks aims to provide 100 million healthy coffee trees to farmers by 2025 as part of its One Tree for Every Bag initiative. The company has already donated over 25 million trees since launching the initiative in 2015.
Starbucks announced it will make sure that 100 million healthy coffee trees will be provided to coffee farmers that need them by 2025.
Starbucks launched the Starbucks One Tree for Every Bag Initiative in September 2015, ensuring that a coffee tree is planted for every bag of coffee purchased in participating U.S. stores. The seedlings that Starbucks will provide will replace trees that are declining due to age and disease. More than 25 million trees have been donated so far.
“We have heard directly from farmers that healthy trees are what they need now, more than ever, so this long-term approach coupled with the right resources directly correlates to the stability of their family as well as the future of coffee,” says Cliff Burrows, group president, Global Coffee, Starbucks.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on April 17, 2017. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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