How many cups of coffee do you drink a day? A week? How often do you reach for a bit of chocolate, or give it as an expression of love? Coffee and chocolate are fundamental to many of our lives, and now you can combine your love of coffee, chocolate AND birds by buying certified Smithsonian Bird Friendly® products! These products support biodiversity in tropical rainforests where many of Wisconsin’s long-distance migrants like the Golden-crowned Warbler winter!
Curious about how these certified coffee and chocolate products taste? Join us for a tasting event when you can taste-test and purchase some of these products for yourself or for a loved one (after all, Valentine’s Day is coming up)!
Attendees will:
Photo by kris krüg FCC
learn what Smithsonian Bird Friendly® certification entails,
taste test Barnwood's certified Smithsonian Bird Friendly® coffee,
taste test two different Smithsonian Bird Friendly® chocolate products created by US-based companies,
learn about how winter habitat and safe migration play a huge role in Wisconsin's bird populations, and
find out more about what we in Wisconsin can do to help, including a first-hand viewing of the bird-safe glass at the WYSO building!
The cacao tree is native to the understory of tropical forests. Photo by Susan Ford Collins FCC
Coffee and chocolate are produced in tropical regions of the world, where many of our long-distance migrant birds spend their winters. Mainstream coffee and chocolate production requires clear-cutting rainforest to make way for plantations, and support under 70 species of birds. Smithsonian Bird Friendly® products, certified by the Smithsonian Institute, requires more ethically and environmentally responsible practices, including growing coffee and chocolate in the rainforest understory. These areas support over 240 species of birds—plus the insects, mammals like monkeys and jaguars, that come with them.
This event is hosted by Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance, SOS Save Our Songbirds, and Barnwood Coffee Company in Two Rivers, WI.
Registration is requested to ensure we have enough products for testing. Please let us know you plan to come using the form below.
RSVP here!
Cover photo: Golden-crowned Warbler by Dave Curtis FCC
