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September
— school's in, scorching summer days are behind us and
in this country, we celebrated Labor Day. While it may be
an American holiday, it's also a time to reflect on the
good work being done all over our planet. In this month's
newsletter, we're featuring the hardworking coffee farmers
of Sumatra. You'll learn about our friends at Forestrade
and the Gayo Organic Coffee Farmer’s Association who,
through their own unique partnership, bring the green beans
of our delightful Sumatra coffee to the world market.
Ethnic tensions run deep in Sumatra’s war-torn Aceh
region, but the Association attributes much of its success
to the interethnic diversity found within the membership.
Take a moment to learn more about this model small-scale
farmer project. In this issue you'll also find a new trivia question, a
yummy coffee cake recipe and more. So read on!
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Maryann Schrupp
In
mid-1997, ForesTrade, Inc., an organic product company
based in Vermont, selected the Gayo highlands in the
northern province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra, as an
optimal site for a Sustainable Organic Coffee Project.
This fertile and landlocked mountainous region is the
largest producer of Arabica coffee in Southeast Asia. The
province is also well known for its protracted and brutal
civil war between the Acehnese separatists and the
Indonesian military. American investment in the area has
been limited to the embattled massive Exxon Mobil oil and
natural gas facility in Lhoksemauwe.
Find out more about the partnership between ForesTrade and
the Gayo cooperative by clicking here.
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By
Nate Wayman
 At
the recent World Summit on Sustainable Development held in
Johannesburg, South Africa, one of Café Campesino’s
coffee partners was awarded the "2002 World Summit
Business Award for Sustainable Development
Partnerships." ForesTrade, Inc., which
supplies organic and Fair Trade Sumatran origin beans to
Café Campesino, was the only award winner from the United
States — and one of just ten business partnerships
awarded worldwide!
Click here to read more about this prestigious award and the good work being done by ForesTrade to promote Fair Trade coffee.
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We’re
pleased to introduce our new roaster — Lee Harris
— who joined us last month after moving back to Americus
from Tallahassee, FL. You’ll hear more from Lee in next
month’s issue, which will focus on the art of roasting
coffee and our new roasting operation. Also joining our
staff during the last month are Marsha Freed and Jason
Cadogan. Marsha is the coordinator of our Habitat
Coffee program and Jason is an art major from the local
university and getting a bit of practical experience as
our fall intern. Welcome all!
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We're
giving away coffee!
Think
you know a lot about coffee? Then enter our Fair
Grounds Trivia Contest. Click
here for our question of the month. Entering is easy
and it's FUN!
Last
month we asked, "What is the average annual
green bean yield of a coffee tree?"
We
learned a lot of things from your many responses. We found out
that you can measure things in kilos, ounces, grams,
pounds and quantities of beans. (We did the math) And we
were further informed that "green beans" grow on
vines (ha ha). So to make things fair we included everyone
who submitted an answer in our drawing.
Congratulations
to Our Lucky Winner, Jeri
Longtin-Kloss
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Peaceful Tomorrows
http://www.peacefultomorrows.org/
Peaceful Tomorrows is an advocacy organization founded
by family members of September 11th victims. Its mission
is to seek effective nonviolent responses to terrorism,
and identify a commonality with all people similarly
affected by violence throughout the world.
Goodthings
http://www.goodthings.com/01_00_gl104.html#Goodletter
The wonderful weekly newsletter from Goodthings last
week features "The Wisdom of Children – A year
later, how much does their wisdom still ring true?"
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When
your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
—
Henry J. Kaiser
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