Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
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...
Frankenbeans - Here Comes GMO Coffee!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the café; just as organics, shade-grown and Fair Trade seemed to be making sense in the weird world of...
Indigenous Coffee Farmers Self-Help Efforts in Oaxaca, Mexico
In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, indigenous coffee farmers have organized to improve their crops and better their lives. In response to the severe land and market crises of the...
Using Coffee to Preserve Rainforests
Most coffee drinkers are aware of the massive, unrelenting destruction of temperate and tropical rainforests around the world to satisfy our need for everything from cheap beef to paneling for...
The Heart of the Pine Ridge Occupation
Pine Ridge, Ogala Lakota Reservation... On January 16, 2000, the Grassroots Oyate, traditional Lakota tribal members led by their Elders, took peaceful control of the administrative offices of the Oglala...
Who Benefits from Hurricane Relief?
Esteli, Nicaragua... Like all of you, we were moved deeply by the recent tragedy of Hurricane Mitch, as the nightly news showed the massive destruction it caused throughout Central America....
Fighting Big Oil in the Amazon
The Secoya are indigenous to the Amazon rainforest. In Ecuador, they live in a rapidly changing region along the Aguarico River. I am writing these notes on a public bus...