There are other places I have visited that sell “Fair Trade Organic” espresso that I know for a fact is not (because we sell them the beans and they don’t buy FTO beans). We can tell them, but there is no regulatory mechanism in place to maintain integrity on the retail side. I have asked about this, and there is nothing the industry can do. [...]
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Buena Vista has become a Fair Trade Town, the first in Colorado and the 14th in the nation. Here is the post from TransFair [...] I have been a part of similar conversations with any number of coffee industry professionals. The context for a conversation is not established, and therefore there is no end in [...] I personally have found the greatest meaning working with people actively sequestering carbon into ground by using grazing ungulates as a tool – pulling free carbon out of the atmosphere nd putting into the ground through plant exudates while simultaneously NOT using fire as a tool to burn dry and decadent grasses, and putting more carbon into the [...] Wal-Mart’s Shade of Green photo by Brave New Films A few years ago when my wife was working with a New Urbanism project locally, we toured through a few big cities to gain some insight that we can’t glean here in tiny Buena Vista. I recall passing several strip malls, one anchored by a Wal-Mart. This [...] Wood Starch in Organic Cheese? Organic? The amount of red tape and ridiculous demonstration of proving ourselves as able to carry the words Organic on our packaging is unfathomable. Each year the Buena Vista Roastery spends thousands of dollars in fees and thousands more to jump through various hoops that are set up for us to [...] A guest contribution by Claire Webber… Green Coffee Anyone? Over 400 million cups of coffee are drunk every day in America, so you can see how going green on your coffee habits could make a huge difference to the environment. Green coffee (not to be confused with the other beverage green tea) includes beans that have been [...] The Problem with Carbon Neutral Teak Tree Plantation I was searching the Internet for a little more information on some particulars of Guatemalan estate coffees yesterday when I came across a site that would happily make our Roastery ‘carbon neutral’. All I needed to do was tell them how many employees we had and our estimated [...] Pondering Biofuel from Coffee Ever exploring what we can do with our by product at the Buena Vista Roastery, we peruse the Internet. This morning I came across another article on biodiesel from spent coffee grounds, this one from The Economist. Our current roasting facility is not set up for major retail. Consequently, we produce a modest [...] The central Rockies have been oozing spring lately. One of our own Roastery family has been down the Narrows Section of the not-so-mighty-in-winter Arkansas River and Earl of CKS fame has been spotted kayaking in the Buena Vista playhole. We are dry in town and contemplating the garden, understanding that I have 2 or 3 [...] |
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