The Fight to Save Coffee

https://youtu.be/5euWenO1wNM

1:35 coffee is a plant that cannot hold on much longer in a changing climate

3:40 the industry has to find ways to support farmers

4:37 coffee is called the goldilocks crop: it has very distinct amounts of rain and hits of daylight to survive

5:10 breeding new varieties is the most immediate change for safeguarding our coffee supply

7:30 a historic specimen was found to have just a few remaining live plants in Sierra Leone, which can thrive at temperature 7 degrees higher than arabica coffee. 

10:20, 20:26 Genetic modification may be necessary to continue having coffee in the future. 

A global coffee crisis is coming: 

4:29 In fact, a recent study estimates that by 2050, the world's area of land that can produce coffee will decrease by 50%.