Guatemala’s Manos Campesinas farmer cooperative is one of our oldest and closest trading partners. Made up of 13 smaller coffee farmer co-ops across the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Sololá and Chimaltenango, Manos represents over 1,200 farming families. They work to maximize benefits to their members by offering the highest return and best prices and [...]
If you are in the LaGrange, GA area and are looking for a great cup of coffee in a uniquely bright and inviting space, you are in luck. Local Groundz is taking coffee quality to a new level and we are pretty psyched to be part of their growing business. I recently had a chance [...]
Many years ago we were fortunate to run into Kristin Russell, a woman passionate about coffee, farmers, sustainability, and community. Fast-forward twenty years and Kristin’s labor of love, The Sentient Bean, is one of our closest partners and a fixture in the Savannah community. What has been the secret of the Bean’s success? Read our [...]
The Cozy Camper serving coffee at an outdoor event [...]
The Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail celebrated Mrs. Carter’s 94th birthday on Friday, August 20th in Plains, Georgia. During the event, they displayed the first drawing of a new garden to be planted in her honor. This garden will be located adjacent to her childhood home on South Bond Street in Plains and will be named [...]
The chapel at Acteal [...]
Over two hundred thousand people were killed in Guatemala’s civil war that lasted between 1960 and 1996. The overwhelming majority of those who lost their lives were indigenous Mayan people in rural areas– up to 83% of all killed. A large number of those were civilians who were victims of the scorched earth campaigns of [...]
Koinonia Farm is a gem of a community that sits just outside of Americus, GA. It was founded in 1942 by Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England as a “demonstration plot for the kingdom of God.” This meant a community of believers sharing their lives and resources, following the example of the [...]
On a recent rainy Saturday, a couple of us journeyed to midtown Atlanta to check out El Viñedo Local — a gorgeous South American-themed restaurant we’re happy to say serves Cafe Campesino’s shade grown, fair trade, organic coffee. Although other staff members from Cafe Campesino have visited frequently, this was our first trip. We came [...]
This is a big holiday weekend all across Georgia and the entire USA. Together we celebrate the promise of independence for every American and look back to the founding of this unique country that aspires to include oppressed people from all around the world into the melting pot of one nation, no matter their class, [...]
This is a big holiday weekend all across the south and the entire USA. Together we celebrate the promise of independence for every American and look back to the founding of this unique country that aspires to include oppressed people from all around the world into the melting pot of one nation, no matter their [...]
Ethiopian coffees are consistently judged to be some of the best beans in the world. Their pronounced flavor profiles make it easy for even the numbest of tongue to taste notes of blueberry, hints of citrus fruit, or undertones of nuts. And while it is almost universally recognized that Ethiopian coffees are the bomb, the [...]