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Keeping Young Farmers on the Land
One of the biggest problems for our farmers around the world is how to keep young farmers interested and engaged? Wit...
Pride in our Women Partners, this International Women's Day
We're using this International Women's Day as a chance to reflect on how proud and humbled we are by the great women coffee farmers and great women managers in the coffee world. You can see me here with Merling, GM from Prodecoop, and can see by my hair color that we have been partners and friends for quite some time!
2019 UPDATE! Launching Community-Based Kids Literacy in Nicaragua
Creating a revolving book reading and loan program to increase children's literacy is a great example of direct, peop...
Reclaiming Sumatra Project Takes Off
It is always so exciting when, after months of planning, budgeting, visits (and riding the occasional elephant and ...
Our Commitment to 360° Fair Trade
Fair Trade (not to be confused with free trade!) is incredibly important to us. If you've followed our journey at all...
Cupping Colombian Coffee
If you missed it on our Facebook page, here is a great video of Dean cupping the most recent lot from the Associacion...
Mexico Earthquake Relief Update
A real quick update to let you know how earthquake relief is going in Mexico.
As you might remember, back in Octobe...
Pangoa Does it Again!
Hard work pays off...
We've got a lot of good news out of Peru to share with you! It's news that demonstrates REAL p...
The Latest Victim of Climate Change?
Pretty soon climate change could be leaving a bad taste in your mouth!
As temperatures steadily rise in the coffee l...
Mental Health in the Heart of Guatemala
When I looked through all the colorful photos I took while on my most recent Dean’s Beans development trip to Guatema...
A Taste of Timor
We have been buying coffee directly from the village of Atsabe in Ermera, Timor-Leste for seven years, through Cooper...
Reforestation, Gender Equity & Guinea Pigs
Each visit to our farmer partners is an amazing experience. Sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always both a learnin...