Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
The Latest Victim of Climate Change?
Pretty soon climate change could be leaving a bad taste in your mouth!
As temperatures steadily rise in the coffee l...
Haste Makes Waste: Sun-Grown Coffee
Haste Makes Waste: Sun-Grown Coffee
We get asked often to explain the difference between sun-grown coffee and shade...
Mental Health in the Heart of Guatemala
When I looked through all the colorful photos I took while on my most recent Dean’s Beans development trip to Guatema...
Mental Health in the Heart of Guatemala
When I looked through all the colorful photos I took while on my most recent Dean’s Beans development trip to Guatema...
A Taste of Timor
We have been buying coffee directly from the village of Atsabe in Ermera, Timor-Leste for seven years, through Cooper...
If you can't grow coffee, grow poppies.
Mexican coffee farmers are forced to ask themselves this hard question every day: if climate change destroyed your li...
Every Day is Earth Day at Dean's Beans...for REAL!
It might be cliche, but we really do treat every day as if it were Earth Day, a national day of awareness and focus o...
Reforestation, Gender Equity & Guinea Pigs
Each visit to our farmer partners is an amazing experience. Sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always both a learnin...
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 th...
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 th...
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 cha...
#UPYOURS
This year we are upping our commitment to people and the planet. How will you #UPYOURS?
In these uncertain times, th...