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<\/p>\nIn this book, Jonathan Kingsman examines the history of nine commodity crops and interviews the merchants and traders who manage their journey to your kitchen. He describes the challenges of their daily work and the major trends that will shape their futures. \u00a0In particular, he focuses on the opportunities traders face as we decarbonise our agricultural supply systems.<\/p>\n
This book is for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of agricultural commodity trading and the food supply chain. It includes interviews with some of the world\u2019s top traders and a contribution from Erasmus University.<\/p>\n
Commodity Crops & The Merchants Who Trade Them<\/strong> is available now on Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n This book is the story of a journey \u2013 the voyage of the humble coffee bean through time, space and form.<\/p>\n Your journey begins with dancing goats in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. It quickly moves to religious conflict in the port of Mocha, once the world\u2019s only source of coffee. Western countries soon entered the scene, spreading precious coffee plants throughout their colonies, first to Java and Ceylon, then to the Caribbean, Africa and Central America. It is a tale of romance and intrigue, but one with an underbelly of suffering and exploitation whose dark history still shapes the world today.<\/p>\n The second stage of your journey begins in the coffee plantations and ends in your local coffee shop. Along the way, the author introduces you to the growers, millers, merchants, roasters, and brand owners who make this miraculous journey possible. They will share with you their love of the world\u2019s favourite drink. They will explain how our little bean changes in form from bright red coffee cherries to light green beans to dark brown, aromatic roasted coffee. They will also explain how they are enhancing the coffee business. It is a fascinating story.<\/p>\n This book will widen your knowledge if you are already in the coffee business. If you want to learn more about the coffee business, this book will be your \u2018go-to\u2019 source. And if you enjoy coffee, this book will add a new dimension to your daily \u2018cuppa\u2019.<\/p>\n Crop to Cup – Conversations over Coffee <\/strong>is available on Amazon<\/a> as a paperback or an e-book<\/p>\n In 1979, Dan Morgan, a Washington Post journalist, wrote Merchants of Grain, a definitive history of the international grain trade. In the 40 years since Dan\u2019s book was published, the grain markets have changed almost beyond recognition. So, too, have the merchants of grain. Once shadowy figures, grain merchants have now stepped into the light.<\/p>\n Almost everything you eat or drink today contains something bought, stored, transported, processed, shipped, distributed, or sold by one of the seven giants of the agricultural supply chain. The media often refers to them as the ABCD group of international grain-trading companies, with ABCD standing for ADM, Bunge, Cargill and Dreyfus. The acronym, however, overlooks the other three giants of the food supply: Glencore, COFCO International, and Wilmar. Together, they handle 50 per cent of the international trade in grain and oilseeds.<\/p>\n In this book\u2019s series of exclusive, unprecedented interviews, CEOs and senior traders from these seven giants describe, in their own words, how agricultural markets are changing and how they are adapting.<\/p>\n This is the inside story of the grain market and the seven companies at the centre of the world\u2019s food supply.<\/p>\n Out of the Shadows – The New Merchants of Grain<\/strong> is available on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In The Sugar Casino, the global sugar trade is revealed as it truly is: a high-stakes arena shaped by weather, politics, logistics, finance, and the ambitions of those who can read the market before it moves. This updated second edition revisits the forces that have transformed the industry\u2014from shifting trade flows and biofuel policy to … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commodityconversations.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/new-commodities-ebooks.jpg?resize=300%2C274&ssl=1\")
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