Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
A Taste of Timor
We have been buying coffee directly from the village of Atsabe in Ermera, Timor-Leste for seven years, through Cooperative Cafe Timor. The coffee is some of the best Dean has...
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 livelihood, what would you do to feed your family? With the world...
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 on the environment. Every decision we...
Reforestation, Gender Equity & Guinea Pigs
Each visit to our farmer partners is an amazing experience. Sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always both a learning experience and a chance to go deeper into our quest to...
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 the attempts to deal with them range from...
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 the Commission on the Status of Women in...
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 change is real and it is here. I see the terrible impacts...
#UPYOURS
This year we are upping our commitment to people and the planet. How will you #UPYOURS? In these uncertain times, the best antidote to despair is action. Not only are...
Update from Ethiopia
Supporting Life in a Country in Crisis As activists and development workers in the coffeelands it is sometimes hard to keep focused on the good things amidst so many problems....
A Shout Out from Organic Authority
We are so honored to have been mentioned by Organic Authority in their recent article "9 Conscious Coffee Beans You Have to Try". Here is some of the criteria we...
Will Coffee Be Extinct by 2080?! Climate Change and the Impact on Coffee
Climate Change and Its Effects on Coffee (excerpted from our newest in the Javatrekker Series on Climate Change, coming soon!) Climate change is finally starting to receive the attention it...
Come Visit Dean at Whole Foods, Fresh Pond!
Dean will be at Whole Foods, Fresh Pond on Wednesday (4/20) from 3:00 to 6:30pm doing a coffee demo! Stop by and say hi to the man!