Reusable, yes. But you know we always go one further, right? We have a pool of these so you can trade your used one for a clean one. Making the right thing easier.
Product Details This year our Christmas Coffee features a Snow Bunting. Isn’t it beautiful? Like all of our new packages it is original art drawn by the talented Rachael Riordon of Lucky Bones Studio. Some of you may know that
We are excited to finally be launching our refreshed packaging! Our redesigned bags are beautiful!
Changing to Bird Friendly coffee is
meaningful and achievable.
Recently online shopping has come under scrutiny for its carbon footprint. But is the criticism universally applicable?
As an expression of our sense of urgency for climate action, Birds and Beans will be closed between 10am and 3pm on September 27, 2019 to enable us to attend the Toronto Global Climate Strike. We stand and clearly say
We are celebrating 10 years of organic certification! We passed our first organic audit under the (then) new Canada Organic Regime in September 2009. We thought it was a good time for a packaging refresh!
Grab and Go Wraps are now available. And like all our offerings they are GMO free, Palm Oil Free, Cruelty Free, mostly Organic. They are hardy and delicious. And ready for you to grab in the fridge!
As Birds and Beans Café approaches its 15th year anniversary we decided to celebrate by launching our Curator’s Corner! Over the last 15 years we have searched high and low for […]
This year we kick it up a notch with Ontario’s Boreal Organic and Biodynamic Fruit and a Paper Straw! If you’ve tried our organic fruit smoothie you know it is fabulous! We had no idea we could make it even
Thank you to Jessica Iraci for the beautiful poster this year!!! Those of you in the Toronto Area, I encourage you to come out to the 10th annual bird festival at Samuel Smith Park on Saturday May 25th! It is
Howler Monkey on a Bird Friendly coffee farm in Nicaragua This morning on Earth Day I awoke to an inbox full of “Earth Day” emails, all of which in one way or another trying to entice me to buy something
Bird Friendly® coffee is not just about birds! Coffee cultivation is also entwined with climate change. According to a recent paper by Dr. Robert Rice of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Bird Friendly® coffee farms are better equipped to withstand
We humans share collective responsibility to protect the natural health of Ontario, Canada and the planet. Species at risk in Ontario We are proud to join a group of distinguished Canadians: Indigenous groups, environmental groups and progressive businesses in signing
Enjoy our great new reusable ceramic travel mug. They are handsome and practical. They hold a 16 oz beverage. The double insulating wall protects your hand from burns and insulates both hot and cold drinks. They are dishwasher safe. And we
Our coffee growers are on the front line preserving forest ecosystems…. All of these pictures were taken on Bird Friendly coffee farms!
In addition to supporting our suppliers who provide us with products and services that embody our values, we are also strongly motivated to support initiatives that
1) are aimed at preserving and restoring habitat for birds and other wildlife;
2) add value to our community and are conducted within the immediate vicinity of the café.
Some of you might recall the viral video of the sea turtle who was lucky enough to have the plastic straw lodged in its nose removed. An article was brought to my attention today entitled “A Brief History of the
Warning! These images reflect the consequences of our blind consumerism. Whether you join us or not, we are not buying anything with palm oil. Because we are not going to feed the monster. Single organgutan in the last tree standing after deforestation for palm
When we say our coffees are Organic, we mean all of our coffees are certified organic by Ecocert Canada.
“[Almonds] are also contributing to drought problems in California. Eighty per cent of the world’s almond supply comes from the state experiencing its worst drought on record. A report published by The Watershed Agricultural Council found that a single almond
At Birds and Beans, it is our pleasure and our aspiration to harness all of our resources and efforts to do better. And for us, better means in alignment with our core values: quality of life, sustainability, richness of experience, and
The New Bird Friendly Seal The Smithsonian Seal appears in the new logo. We say goodbye and thank-you to the Old Seal Have a look at the new Bird Friendly logo… the seal that represents the gold standard of
Quality habitat for as far as the eye can see! As we near the end of the summer, many of us will be shifting our focus towards new routines at work or school. Similarly, many species of wild birds
One of the best parts of my job is speaking to passionate people – people who are passionate about coffee and also people who are passionate about the environment. Some people are passionate about both. A few months ago, I had one of
A Monarch Butterfly visiting a Bergamot plant in our patio garden. On a related note – we add our voice to support the proposed changes to Ontario’s Weed Control Act that would remove Milkweed from the list and make it
More than 10 years ago, we set out to create a different kind of company – one that would give consumers a way to use their purchasing power to make the world better rather than worse. We wanted to provide
Bergamot, a native wildflower, in our Cafe garden Bees in a felled tree on a Bird Friendly Coffee Farm There have been a number of disturbing reports about mass bee die offs in the news recently – such as this
Picture taken by Scott Weidensaul on this trip Marvin Venega with a cacao pod Marvin’s kids try birding A guest post for Earth Day from Scott Weidensaul, one of our “Voices for the Birds” (http://www.scottweidensaul.com) In January, I had the
A guest post from Jefferson Shriver and Gabriela Narvaez are Owners of Gaia Estate, Diriamba, Nicaragua: The planet is becoming an increasingly inhospitable place for agriculture. This is especially the case with full sun, rain fed monocrops grown in the tropics where
Human activity has had a dramatic effect on our world. Shopping malls stand where forests once stood. A once pristine beach is now a concrete wall at the foot of a condominium. Factories pollute our rivers. Trawlers are racing to
We are no longer selling bottled water at the cafe. [update: we now sell boxed water if you want it to go] I saw a Pop! Tech talk with Chris Jordan about a month ago. He wanted to engage us in
Last week, on Earth Day I happened to see a broadcast of American Experience’s “Earth Days” documentary on PBS. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Did you know that the first Earth Day was organized 42 years ago and
At Birds and Beans we don’t do anything different on Earth Day. Don’t get me wrong, its not that we don’t appreciate the other guys giving some notice to the environment one day a year. Every little bit helps. If we
This post is to bring you a few of the beautiful photographs taken by Vincent Falardeau in our back garden in the Long Branch neighbourhood of the City of Toronto. These birds spend their winters on shade coffee farms in
The mainstream media has picked up the crisis of a small population of orangutans this week. Their habitat in Indonesia has been relentlessly brought to ruin by palm oil producers over several decades. According to RainforestPortal.org “The globally exceptional Tripa peat
Earth Hour is actually a pretty good idea. It gives people a visible way to express their concern for the environment. As we are such social creatures, it spread from Sidney, Australia, all around the world and has become a
Carved Baltimore Oriole before being applied to our cafe mural Upslope is a shade coffee farm. Downslope is sun coffee. Birding On Gaia Estate Something we get asked often about our name — “I get the Beans, but what’s the
Our mission at Birds and Beans is to use coffee, in all its capacities, to improve life on earth in the small ways we can. We choose to invest ourselves into the quality of our coffee, and into supporting our heroic growers who are the defenders of forest habitat in Latin America. We appreciate the simple pleasures of a delicious cup of Bird Friendly® coffee while discussing it’s very contribution to the diversity of life on earth. In a world of cynicism and doubt, we do better.
A richer earth. We chose our name to highlight the link between the cultivation of coffee and its impact on ecosystems around the world. The songbird migration that we North Americans witness twice each year is a natural wonder of the
It takes more than a pretty picture of a bird to be Certified Bird Friendly! At Birds and Beans we strongly believe in third party certification. Certifications are a way for us to participate in a voluntary chain of trust