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Luis Fernando Vasquez has been a coffee farmer in the central valley of Costa Rica his entire life. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption

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Coffee For A Cause: What Do Those Feel-Good Labels Deliver?

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By this time last year, 26 percent of the country's corn crop was already planted. A wet, cold spring means that only 4 percent is in the ground right now. Seth Perlman/AP hide caption

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For Corn, Fickle Weather Makes For Uncertain Yields

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An overseer sits in the shade while workers collect coffee beans on a Brazilian plantation, circa 1750. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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How Coffee Influenced The Course Of History

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Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef waves to his supporters as he enters Egypt's state prosecutor general's office in Cairo on March 31 to face charges of allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption

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Egypt's Jon Stewart Says He Won't Back Down Amid Charges

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Nigella Lawson is a British food writer and one of Morning Edition's go-to cooking experts. Hugo Burnand/Hilsinger Mendelson East hide caption

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Nigella Lawson Helps Listener Cook Her Eclectic Cupboard

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