All that lives is an unfolding of the Great Mystery. With the exception of natural disasters, all environmental issues can be linked to issues of consumption. Whether it is global warming and acid rain caused by our addiction to hydrocarbons, the destruction of forests, the destruction of fisheries, the destruction of soil and water resources by the use of pesticides and fertilizers, whether it is war and the sacrifice the Earth makes for our anger, etc., etc. etc. The only way to control the destruction is to control ourselves. Control our numbers and the way we consume the Earth.
Coffee is the second largest imported commodity in the United States.
We drink one third of all the coffee produced in the world. Coffee isn't really even a food, but like the largest imported commodity, oil, we've come to depend upon it for its largely psychological benefits. Many countries in Latin American economies depend on it, too. And the migratory and resident birds and other creatures depend upon coffee because what was once their rainforest home, in the winter for the migratory birds, year round for the residents, became largely converted to coffee plantations as the demand for coffee grew. The birds adapted to the traditional way coffee was grown because the canopy of trees was left intact, giving them places to rest and roost.