Andres Felipe Ospina | The dangerous impact of using Foreign Microbes in Coffee Processing
This is a 5-part series with Japan-based Colombian ecological scientist, coffee expert, and business owner of Colors Of Coffee, Andres Felipe Ospina. This series explores "The dangerous impact of using Foreign Microbes in Coffee Processing"
Connect with Andres Felipe on
LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andres-felipe-ospina-ramírez-a8a8bb13/
Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/colorsofnatureco/ and https://www.instagram.com/la_cereza_crc/
Website: https://www.colorsofnature.co
Reference material:
https://costarica.inaturalist.org/projects/especies-introducidas-en-costa-rica
https://www.ecologiaverde.com/especies-invasoras-que-son-ejemplos-y-consecuencias-3251.html
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/pathogens-and-diseases
Short explanatory videos on invasive species and loss of biodiversity: Both very short and explanatory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBL-ZRSsHic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuTgY-UPZTI
This is the 5th in a 5-part series with Japan-based Colombian ecological scientist, coffee expert, and business owner of Colors Of Coffee, Andres Felipe Ospina. This series explores "The dangerous impact of using Foreign Microbes in Coffee Processing"
In this episode of the series, Andres Felipe and Lee navigate the often illegal practices of taking microbes to origin countries without following international laws and protocols. The unintended consequences of these practices both ecologically and legally will have impacts on producers long into the future.