Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
Dean's Beans Spotlight in Challenger Brand News
Challenger Brand News is dedicated to brands challenging the status quo. As a group, “bean counters” have always been disparaged for their single-minded focus on the bottom line. But coffee...
Kenya - Struggling Towards Sustainability
Those of you who have read my book, Javatrekker, will remember how I got clobbered in Kenya trying to create fair and transparent trade a few years ago. There was...
Check out Dean's interview on LINK TV
Real Conversations: Are coffee companies tricking consumers to believe they're more socially responsible than they really are? Dean's Beans Founder/CEO Dean Cycon is interviewed by Kellie McElhaney, Founding Faculty Director...
Off to Kenya!
Dean heads to Kenya today! His last 4 years of work organizing and helping to form Organic and Fair Trade initiatives within the country seem to be coming together. Stay...
Cat Poop Coffee!
Hey fellow Javatrekkers!I am happy to report that we finally tracked down the elusive cat poop coffee in Ethiopia, that is, coffee that has been eaten by the wild civet...
Ethics and Social Responsibility: Dean Interviewed by GoodWorkPeople
A Rich Blend of People and ProfitBy Elliot, August 11, 2009 There is a reason Dean Cycon's coffee-roasting company, Dean's Beans, uses 100% fair-trade beans. It's not beacause it sounds...
CHICA! receives Making a Difference recognition from Coffee Talk..
Read about how CHICA is Making a Difference here!
Reinventing the Coffee Business Around Ethics and Sustainability
Can you run this kind of company and make money? You betcha. Dean Cycon, CEO of Dean's Beans and award-winning author of Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade...
UN Global Compact Studies Dean's Beans
The United Nations Global Compact has chosen Dean's Beans as a case study in sustainable development and responsible business. The Case Study, prepared over the past two months, is being...
Celebrating Women in Coffee!
Dean had the great honor of sponsoring and introducing Esperanza Castillo, Manager of Pangoa Coop in Peru, as she gave an incredible talk about her life as a woman in...
It's OK to Struggle with Sustainability!
Join Dean on April; 14 from 5-8:30 for a lively talk about integrating sustainability into your business. Details at http://www.umass.edu/fambiz/calendar/index.html See you there!
Timor-Leste: Creating Fair, Direct Trade in a Complex Land
I was told that I was the first buyer ever to sleep in a coffee farmer's house, the first to hold meetings with farmers and ask their opinions. That's not...