We’re learning more and more how ethical consumption of products, like fair trade coffee, provides enormous benefit for communities in the developing world. As Chicagoans brave the historic cold, what you may not know is that your coffee choice also helps out migratory birds wintering in South and Central America. Amanda Rodewald is director of Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. She joins us to discuss her research mission to educate consumers on how shade-grown coffee benefits birds, people, and our ecosystem.