Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
Is Dean's Beans for the Birds or What??
You bet your beak we are! But as with every labeling approach in the crazy coffee world the issues are complex and the attempts to deal with them range from...
The "Value" of Women in 2017
“It is 2017 and we are still doing THIS!” was the sentence and sentiment I heard repeatedly at the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women in...
How One Small Nicaraguan Community Fights Climate Change
How One Small Community Fights Climate Change The last three years were the hottest on record worldwide. Climate change is real and it is here. I see the terrible impacts...
#UPYOURS
This year we are upping our commitment to people and the planet. How will you #UPYOURS? In these uncertain times, the best antidote to despair is action. Not only are...
Update from Ethiopia
Supporting Life in a Country in Crisis As activists and development workers in the coffeelands it is sometimes hard to keep focused on the good things amidst so many problems....
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 Have to Try". Here is some of the criteria we...
Will Coffee Be Extinct by 2080?! Climate Change and the Impact on Coffee
Climate Change and Its Effects on Coffee (excerpted from our newest in the Javatrekker Series on Climate Change, coming soon!) Climate change is finally starting to receive the attention it...
Come Visit Dean at Whole Foods, Fresh Pond!
Dean will be at Whole Foods, Fresh Pond on Wednesday (4/20) from 3:00 to 6:30pm doing a coffee demo! Stop by and say hi to the man!
A Storm's a Brewin'!
How the Coffee Industry Creates Income Inequality Cafes and coffee have historically been associated with dissent and fomenting positive change. Yet in the past decade the industry has actually added...
Global Health University
Dean has been asked by Yale to be a panelist for a Global Health University Webinar, for 500 to 1,000 participants, and to share his expertise on the subject of...
Coffee: The Drink That Changed America
Brew up a fresh cup, and click here to watch the entire documentary.
Enjoy!
Dean at Assumption College
Dean will be speaking at Assumption College in Worcester, MA tonight in a college-wide address sponsored by the local student chapter of Catholic Relief Services (CRS).