Fair Trade
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!
We were just named a "Best For The World 2019" B Corps!
The B Corporation Best For The World 2019 list is out, and we are PROUD to be among the top 10% of all B Corps in the...
A Week of Coffee & Change
A Look Inside Dean's Beans
You might already know this, but we're not a coffee roaster. (I can hear it now. Gasp! Wh...
The Simple Act of Meaningful Change
I'm sharing a really great article here - please read! It's from my favorite daily dose of coffee news, the very aptl...
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...
Fair Trade Espresso Cookies!
Dean is no stranger to TV, but now he's branching out into baking videos! Recently, Dean teamed up with local Organic...
A Shout Out from Organic Authority
We are so honored to have been mentioned by Organic Authority in their recent article "9 Conscious Coffee Beans You H...
Return to Sumatra
A wise old woman (ex-Mother-In-Law, actually!) once counseled me: “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you...
REAL Fair Traders
Check out this great article featuring Dean's Beans about REAL fair traders: Fair Trade Federation
Dean Receives Nobel Prize for Business!
Last week the Business for Peace Foundation, based in Oslo, Norway, announced its 2013 Business for Peace Honorees. E...
Farewell to Fair Trade Certified?
Dark days have come to the fair trade movement. The social movement, which has worked for years to change internat...