Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
CHICA: Supporting Girls' Empowerment in Guatemala
Dean's Beans Helps to Found CHICA, a Guatemalan Girls' Empowerment Organization! Dean's Beans is proud to announce the creation of CHICA- Communidades de Hermanas Inteligentes con Corazones Abiertos (translated- Communities...
Dean to Receive Bicentennial Medal!
Dean Cycon, founder of Dean's Beans, will be among six honorees out of seven hundred nominees for the Williams College Bicentennial Medal, awarded annually to Willams alumni for distinguished service...
Javatrekker Brings Home the Gold!
Wow! Dean's adventure travel-meets-social change book, Javatrekker, has just won the Gold Medal for the best travel essay book of the year from the Independent Publishers Association (an IPPY Award!).We...
Javatrekker wins Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal
Dean Cycon has been awarded the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award in the travel essay category from Independent Publisher (IP) for his book Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair...
Speaking Truth to Power
Dean Addresses UN Human Rights Group On Monday and Tuesday, April 28-29, 2008, I had a rare opportunity to tell it like it is to some of the most powerful...
Love Your Mother!
Hey folks!What better way to say Happy Mother's Day than to drop The Mom a pound of her favorite coffee! From now til Mom's Day we are offering a special...
Dean Speaks to the World
UN Global Compact asks Dean Cycon to speak at annual meeting Dean Cycon will speak on a panel entitled, "Human Rights: Setting Policy and Addressing Stakeholder Expectations" on Monday, April...
What a year! 2007 Year in Review
Dean’s Beans 2007 Year in Review This past year provided wonderful opportunities to deepen our relationships with our farmer partners throughout the world, create amazing environmental initiatives at home...
2007 CO2 Report- Learn about our commitment to stop Global Warming
Our third annual CO2 Report is ready! At Dean's Beans we are committed to understanding and minimizing our impact on the environment, and taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint....
Dean's Leads Hostile Takeover of Starbucks!
After three years of planning, a consortium of progressive roasters and importers led by Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans has succeeded in securing pledges from current shareholders of Starbucks to...
Organizing men against gender-based violence
Dean's Beans has partnered with Men’s Resources International (MRI) to provide Men Overcoming Gender-Based Violence training for the first time in Rwanda, including training representatives of three major coffee cooperatives....
One Love, One Hut (Ethiopia)
Here's a holiday tale to warm you hearts! I have just returned from a wonderful visit to Ethiopia. Now, every visit to the coffeelands is amazing, but this one had...