Javatrekker's Journal: Our Blog
Do You Like Spices?
I am starting to organize a very special, totally off the charts project in the Spice Islands of Indonesia. As many of you know, the Spice Islands was the scene...
Forging New Partnerships in El Salvador and Nicaragua
Since I started working at Dean’s Beans, I’ve often reflected on a question: how can we have the greatest positive impact on the lives of farmers? One idea is to...
Connecting for Change
See us this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Connecting for Change conference in New Bedford, MA. We'll be there with our coffee and high spirits.
Watch Dean's Beans on Link TV
Hi folks. We are sponsoring a documentary on Link TV called 'Heart of Jenin'. It is a powerful story of compassion and courage in the occupied territories of Palestine. Watch...
Escape from Dr. Frankenbean's Laboratory!
Want to know what's in that non-organic coffee that you used to buy? Watch our video:Watch Dr. Frankenbean's Laboratory!
Fair Trade: Keeping it Real
Knowing what is really Fair Trade is tough. There are so many labels, certifications and sound bytes out there that we don’t know who to trust; there are certifiers going...
Meet the makers of your Mexican beans!
Proisch ARIC is an association made up of different indigenous groups in the Sierra Madre region of Chiapas, Mexico. It was founded in 1995, and now comprises of over 300...
A word on transparency
One of the stops on my path to working at Dean’s Beans was a job at a coffee farmer’s cooperative in Northern Peru. I got the job because Dean had...
Democracy on the move in Burma
I am so moved by the slow success of the pro-democracy movement in Burma! I spent a month in the jungles of northern Burma back in the late 1970's with...
Fair Trade gift catalog available!
Hi everyone, here is a gift catalog from the Fair Trade Federation (FTF). They are an association of 100% committed fair traders. We are members and proud of it.Peruse this...
Pangoa Cooperative Update
It’s always great to connect with our farmer partners. I’ve just spoken to Esperanza, the general manager of Pangoa, a co-op of about 700 farmers in the central jungle of...
A real commitment to Women's Empowerment?
What good is a story from an oil giant who funds a development project in an indigenous community after stealing their land and polluting their waters? Or from a department...