1. Coffee Lucas Freschi Troy Carrington Adam Nathaniel Dykman-Rosenberg

2. Why? A market stimulator Commodity Import and export of many nations Provides jobs for the global community

3. The United States Major importer of beans 54% of Americans drink coffee daily Hawaii is the only State that produces coffee Billions of dollars a year go to coffee related causes in the United States

4. Environment Conventional farming of coffee beans= BAD Grown in the tropics and developing countries Deforstination Habitat depletion Fertilizers and insecticides

5. Culture Provides jobs in developing nations Not always good jobs Helps bring capital into emerging economies such as Brazil better living conditions

6. Views Most coffee is grown legally Some illegal coffee farms Unsafe and environmentally harmful legal methods are condoned

7. Tea is better