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Ingrid Washinawatok - A Personal Memorial

On February 25, 1999, my friend Ingrid Washinawatok and her companions Lahe'ena'e Gay and Terence Freitas, were taken hostage by armed, masked men as they left the U'wa territory in...

Did Nazi's Grow your Coffee?

It was toward the end of the rainy season of 1949 that my employers sent me to investigate some business in southern Brazil. I was commissioned by Hills Brothers, Folgers,...

Cooperatives Mean Self-Reliance for Coffee Farmers

When you buy Dean's Beans® organic coffees you are directly participating in the strengthening of the cooperative movement not only here, but around the world as well. Most of the...