Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
So Who Can You Trust?
Last time I blogged about the rift in the fair trade movement caused by Transfair USA's (now Fairtrade USA) decision to leave the international fair trade organization (FLO), go it...
Farewell to Fair Trade Certified?
Dark days have come to the fair trade movement. The social movement, which has worked for years to change international trade for the benefit of small-scale farmers, has recently taken...
Johnny Depp, Fair Trade and Me - A Cautionary Tale
After thirty-five years of grassroots activism and development work, you'd think I would know how to get a point across now and then. But this news from Amazonian northern Peru...
Indonesian Cannibal Looking for Love!
I come across a lot of strange things in the coffeelands, but this one takes the cake (or at least the lady fingers!)
:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-rice-bowl/who-wants-marry-cannibal
Javatrekker in China!
I guess people everywhere are hungry for good news and great coffee! Javatrekker will be published in Chinese on September first! Look for the book tour!
Our Coffee and Fukushima Radiation
Many customers have asked whether any of our coffee communities have or will be affected by the radiation leaks from the Fukushima reactors in Japan. I have done quite a...
UMass Makes a Case Out of Dean's Beans!
UMass Amherst management students spent last semester observing operations and interviewing everyone here at the roasterie in Orange to create a major case study of Dean's Beans as a socially...
What is the Value of Your Values?
I just got off the phone with a company claiming to work with PBS Biography, a show I have watched since I was a little kid (that's how I learned...
Vampires Devour Dean's Beans!
What can I say? Vampire Diaries cast and crew sucked down our coffees during recent shoots in Georgia. We seem to be attracting a lot of movie attention recently. First...
Somali Women's Project recognized in Coffee Talk Magazine
Dean's Beans Somali Women's Project spotlight in Coffee Talk Magazine - Making a Difference issue. This issue highlights groups and individuals who are rising above the day to day business...
Reaching for Peace and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Burundi
Two men: one Huto, one Tutsi share their difficult experiences seeking peace and reconciliation supported by Dean's Beans and Men's Resources International.When: Thursday June 17, 2010, 7:00 PMWhere: Food for...
Peruvian TV Show Interviews Dean
Check out this bit from a Peruvian TV Show that interviewed Dean during his last trip to Peru here Part Two from the Video - Diversity the key to supporting...