Sub tropical coffee gets charred
Biochar is being trialed on eight North Coast crops, to test its efficiency as a fertiliser and carbon sponge. Sugar cane, corn, macadamia's, avocado's, pasture and now coffee is being...
READ MORENew roast toast of the coast
Far North Coast boutique coffee producers, Jos and Wendy Webber, are looking to biological farming principles for both a marketing advantage and production benefits likely to be the key to...
READ MOREMinister told of biochar trials success
The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke, was told that trials in the Northern Rivers using biochar are proving very positive, but biochar has to be imported...
READ MORENorth Coast coffee revival
Coffee with latitude is what the North Coast produces, according to Tintenbar grower and Australian Subtropical Coffee Association treasurer Jos Webber....
READ MORESubtropical coffee gets a new image
Coffee connoisseurs across the region should be on the look-out for the Australian Subtropical Coffee Association's new logo on locally-grown coffee products. Kahawa Estate Coffee is one of the association's...
READ MOREABC North Coast visits Kahawa Estate
Kim Honan, ABC North Coast reporter and person behind Year of the Locavore, visited Kahawa Estate to get some insight into the subtropical coffee scene and pick up some premium...
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