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Photo by: jakeliefer, Creative Commons A recent article in the Christian Science Monitor highlights the difficulty that organic farmers are having in sustaining a market, and therefore are looking to go back to conventional coffee production. A lot of the transition comes down to a supply and demand. Roasters, like ourselves at the Buena Vista Roastery, [...] 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. [...] 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 [...] Yesterday there were quite a few locals out to show their support for the 350 River [...] A question when preparing for dry times is, ‘what does the raindrop do when it hits 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 [...] Governor Ritter Stops in BV We’re taking some Trailhead Blend coffee down to our meeting with Governor Ritter this morning. There should be 20-50 people gathering at South Main for a kickoff of some sort. If you’re in town, come one by. From Lee Hart of Collegiate Peaks Geotourism writes in her article, “Gov. Ritter [...] |
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