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The dark side of coffee: an unequal social and environmental exchange

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imageNot all is good on the 'technified' coffee farm. mckaysavage/flickr, CC BY-SA

The humble coffee bean is one of the most important and actively traded commodities in the world. It doesn’t take more than a glance at American coffee consumption stats to understand why.

In a 2015 Gallup poll, 64% of Americans reported...

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