Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
Updates from the Field 2014
There were a lot of ups and downs this past year, as coffee price fluctuations and the Roya (fungal rust) epidemic hi...
Spice Island Saga: Bringing Fair Trade to the Birthplace of Globalization
There was a time when the Spice Islands – a sprinkling of small islands at the arse end of the Indonesian archipelago...
Timor Update: Health, Education and Quality Coffee
Several years ago we worked with Cooperative Café Timor to create the first Direct Trade relationship in Timor, with...
Return to Sumatra
A wise old woman (ex-Mother-In-Law, actually!) once counseled me: “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you...
New Crop Haitian!
We have just received a new shipment of Haitian coffee from the wonderful Just Haiti project we have teamed up with. ...
We Receive MLK Day Honors!
We are very humbled and happy to have been recognized on Martin Luther King Day for our commitment to social justice ...
Year in Review 2013
Deeper and deeper we go!
Looking back over 2013, I can't believe how deeply we went into our work in the coffeelands...
REAL Fair Traders
Check out this great article featuring Dean's Beans about REAL fair traders: Fair Trade Federation
Ups and Downs in Peru
Vic and Michael have just returned from Peru after a week visiting with the Oro Verde cooperative. The goal of the t...
Visit from Hildebrando Cardenas
Last week we had the pleasure of receiving Hildebrando Cardenas, the General Manager of the Oro Verde Cooperative in ...
The adventures of a Javatrekking Intern
At the Pitzer College graduation in May, senior Emma G. asked me if there was anything she could do to work with some...
Small Farmer's Exchange
The deadline to sign up for the trip is December 1st! (SIGN UP NOW CLOSED)
In July, Dean's Beans led our first Socia...