Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
Tracking the Death Train (Chiapas, Mexico)
Most of us have gotten pretty numbed by statistics, especially around tragedy. When I tell people that over 600,000 Latin American coffee farmers lost their land and their livelihoods over...
My Life as a Pirate-Part II
Our days began at 4 a.m., when an open speedboat would pick us up for the one hour ride to the set. It was actually a nice way to wake...
My New Life as a Pirate
O.K., so you think I'm this do-gooder guy who spends all his waking hours trying to make the world a better place. Well, I do aspire to that, however, there...
Into Africa-Creating Fair Trade in Kenya
Sorry that I haven't updated the zine. I have been in Rome and now Kenya for the past week trying to create a fair trade and organic certification system through...
Update and Thank You From the Farmers
Yesterday, I wired over $11,000 of your donations from this site directly to the farmers in Sumatra. As you may have heard, the Indonesian government is not allowing foreign aid...
An Update on Sumatra
Over the past week, I have done little else but raise money, answer emails for customers, speak to the media make connection between aid groups, keep in touch with the...
The Situation in Sumatra
I am writing to update all of our customers about the situation in northern Sumatra. As many of you know, we get our Sumatran coffee from a wonderful cooperative, PPKGO,...
Our New Profit Sharing Program - More Cash in the Hands of Farmers
At Dean’s Beans we believe that the way to insure peace and stability in the world is by treating people with respect, and making business a win-win for all involved.We...
Halliburton Coffee - The Sequel
Wow! Guess I hit a raw nerve some place. Wonder why? When we last left, Halliburton had refused to return my phone calls, I was digging through Post Office regulations,...
Halliburton-Support the Troops!
This is a tale of bad coffee, and of the dirty details of government procurement that go on in our name and with our money.I had noticed that since the...
Starbucks-Show Me the Money!
This is a little coffee tale about fudging the truth with statistics. Or maybe it's that the largest specialty coffee company in the world simply made a little inadvertent mistake....
Welcome!
WELCOME to our new site! After five years we have totally redesigned our site to make it easier for you to order coffee, design and label your own blend, and...