Aerial View of Shade-Grown Coffee Farm (IMAGE)

Smithsonian

Aerial View of Shade-Grown Coffee Farm

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Tree canopy on shade-grown coffee farms helps mitigate impacts of climate change by lowering ground temperatures and maintaining moisture levels. 

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Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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