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With Global Coffee Production Under Threat, Farmers Seek New Solutions
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Autumn SpredemannCarmen Alvarez looks down at a five-year-old coffee plant and frowns. She points to the wide brown spots afflicting some of the leaves and says "Ashes are good for [dealing with] the plagues."