From the coffee in your cup to the seafood on your plate, the products we buy can have a surprising impact on birds and their habitats. First David Pritchard walks us through the impact of coffee and why he started Birds and Beans, Canada's first bird-friendly coffee company. Then Dr. Silke Nebel, Birds Canada's Vice-President of Key Conservation Initiatives, helps us understand the impact of beef, seafood, and lumber. Silke also shares fascinating insights into greenwashing, and why regulations can sometimes make it difficult for companies to talk about their conservation efforts. 

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David Pritchard is the co-founder, co-owner and roastmaster of Birds & Beans Coffee Roasters, a Toronto-based company dedicated to coffee that supports bird conservation. Together with his wife and business partner, David helped launch Birds & Beans after becoming interested in the connection between coffee production, habitat loss and migratory birds.

Dr. Silke Nebel developed a passion for birds while volunteering at a reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Scotland. She did her MSc research on Red Knots in the Netherlands, and PhD on Western Sandpipers at SFU. She has worked on bird-related research out of research institutes in Canada, Germany, Panama, the Netherlands, and Australia. In 2018, she joined Birds Canada, and is currently focusing on market-based instruments to protect grassland birds.

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