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Ahh
true spring is finally here! That time between the
drippy days of April and the dog days of summer
brings our favorite weather. With temps in the 60s
and 70s and peeks of sunshine, what's a Peace
Coffee staffer to do? Ride his or her bike, of
course! And now along with our usual haunts, we've
got a new trail to follow, courtesy of the
recently released Northeast Arts District Bike
Map. Spring also brings travel, and some intrepid
members of the Peace Coffee crew are about to join
Habitat for Humanity on a journey to build houses
in Guatemala. Read about both the map and Habitat
trip in this issue of Fair Grounds. You'll
also find an article from a loyal Peace Coffee
customer on gardening with coffee grounds, a new recipe and roaster's corner, plus
this month's Peace Coffee Pride winner. Read on
and enjoy...
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by
Nathan Steigman, St. Paul, MN
 OK.
Most of us would agree that recycling and "sustainable"
lifestyles are steps toward saving the planet.
Each in our own way, we are responsible for
and can benefit from simple actions. For my
small part, I recycle our plastic/ paper/
aluminum/ glass; try to eat organic foods often
and consider how much gas I use traveling from
point A to point B. I'm not the best proverbial
example of living simply, but I try.
Did
I mention I enjoy Peace Coffee? It seems that I
drink a lot of Peace Coffee or rather share a lot
of coffee with my family, friends and neighbors. I
like it a bit on the strong and flavorful side,
which means I might use a bit more grounds than
normal people. To give you an idea, most coffee
shop coffee tastes like tea to me.
more...
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 On
May 20th a group of Peace Coffee employees and
friends leave for Guatemala to build a house in
the San Marcos region. The trip is a part of the
Habitat for Humanity International Global Village
program. The goal of the program is to give
participants a short-term opportunity to
contribute to Habitat's work firsthand. They will
work for four days alongside members of the host
community to build affordable and decent homes for
families in the area. Peace Coffee gets most of
our Guatemalan coffee from this region so there is
already a long established connection to the area.
 Employees
will have the opportunity to visit and stay with
coffee farmers for a few days after the Habitat
project ends. To date, Habitat for Humanity has
built more than 200,000 houses, sheltering more
than 1,000,000 people in more than 3,000
communities worldwide. Peace Coffee is proud to
take part in this positive and much needed Habitat
for Humanity project. Participants will report
back on progress made on the homes that they work
on upon their return.
To
find out more about opportunities and projects
through Habitat for Humanity and the Global
Village Program visit http://www.habitat.org/gv/.
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 Northeast
Minneapolis' Art-A-Whirl® event draws over 20,000 visitors into the Arts District during the weekend-long event. Over 300 artists and studios open their doors during
Art-A-Whirl®, boasting a variety of mediums from pottery, to photography, to film, to performance art. The
First Thursdays in the Arts District event grows each month, as more and more artists embrace each opportunity to share their work with the public. So many galleries so close
together... so much to see... so little parking...
such a pain to constantly park, pull out, drive, fight to park again.
What's a visitor to do?
 Altered Esthetics is proud to announce the release of the
Northeast Arts District Bike
Map, helping route the quickest and safest ways for folks to get around the Northeast Minneapolis arts district, from gallery to gallery - by
bike. The Bike Map will encourage foot and bicycle traffic in northeast during arts district events and art crawls instead of vehicular traffic, making gallery-hopping much safer and convenient for everyone coming to Northeast for events. The
Arts District Bike Map is also our way of inviting and welcoming the thriving Minneapolis bike community to actively and more easily interact with the arts community. We hope to increase the flow of traffic between the central galleries and the outlying galleries, fostering movement throughout the district. One more thing about the map -
it's free! Free for folks to download and print themselves, free for folks to pick up, and free for the galleries participating in the program. The
Bike Map was sponsored by Peace Coffee, Hedberg Maps, Behind Bars, Artistic Indulgence and Altered Esthetics as part of their continued commitment to the Minneapolis bike and arts communities.
Anybody can get a free copy of the Northeast Arts District Bike Map by visiting one of the gallery locations, going online to the
Altered Esthetics
Website, e-mailing bikemap@alteredesthetics.com, or sending a self-addressed-stamped-envelope to Altered Esthetics – Bike Map, 1300 Quincy St. NE, Minneapolis MN 55413.
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 Owen
McCready,
a proud decaf rider from St. Paul, MN, sent us his
school photo (in which he proudly wears his Peace
Coffee bike jersey).
Congratulations,
Owen – you're our Peace Coffee Pride winner this
month!
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If you're passionate about Peace Coffee, show it! Send us:
— a photo showing your "Peace Coffee Pride"
— a short written testimonial about how much you love us
— an original coffee poem or haiku (three lines, 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, 5 in the last)
Each month, we'll choose one entry to appear in the following
Fair Grounds newsletter. If we choose yours, you'll win a pound of your favorite Peace Coffee coffee. Please send your entry to
mel@peacecoffee.com.
Contest ends:
May 8th.
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"Justice
cannot be for one side alone, but must be for
both."
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
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- April
2006 Discovering Fair Trade in Guatemala by Keith Tomlinson,
Travel Notes from Sumatra, Indonesia by Jamie Schumacher,
Birchwood Café Celebrates Earth Day, Birch Clothing Plants Trees, Donates $$
- March
2006 The Scent of Sumatra by Anna Canning, On the Road at The USFT Convergence by Andy Lambert, Happy 20th! A Big Year for IATP
- February
2006 Tsunami Goal Reached, Fair Trade Fashion Debuts in Hong Kong by Patricia
Jurewicz, Senior Associate, Trade and Global Governance at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, The Red Bull Sky Ride, Cool Opportunities Sustainable Energy in Motion Bike Tour
- January
2006 Peace Coffee and Fair Trade Gain
Ground by Scott Patterson, Coffee Flavored
Beers Grow in Popularity by Andy Lambert, 10
Good Things About Another Bad Year by Medea
Benjamin, Director of Global Exchange &
Co-Founder of Code Pink
- December
2005 Make Peace, Not War, Students Help Grow the Fair Trade Movement by Andy Lambert,
Catching Up With the Crew, Think Tank Going to WTO Ministerial
- December
2005 Make Peace, Not War, Students Help Grow the Fair Trade Movement by Andy Lambert,
Catching Up With the Crew, Think Tank Going to WTO Ministerial
- November
2005 Hurricane Stan Causes Much Devastation by Jeronimo Bollen of Manos
Campesinas, On the Road With Brad...Continued, Winter Biking Tips from Hub Bike Co-op, Show Your Peace Coffee Pride and Win!, Customer Spotlight: Peaceful Valley Greetings, Meet the Queen Bee (and Worker Bees) by Andy Lambert
- October
2005 Coop Coffees Meets in Guatemala by Tripp Pomeroy, Peace Coffee Bike Team Season Wrap-up by Ton Tran, Peace Coffee Bike Grinder, Catching Up With the Crew, Peace Gear: Spiffy Socks
- September
2005 Green Beans Lost in Katrina's Wake by Scott Patterson, The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized by Andy Lambert, The Joy of Stovetop Espresso Machines by Melanee
Meegan, The Wanderlust Returns By Brad the Intrepid Bean Pedaler
- August
2005 A New Buzz...Chain Saw Art, The Valley of the Giant Green Man by Andy Lambert, Peace Coffee Events and Demo Guy, The Annual Milk Carton Boat Race by Melanee
Meegan, Peace Coffee Marketing Manager
- July
2005 Pedal Power: Peace Coffee Bike Team, FT Futures: Living a Fair Trade Life, CAFTA Is Not Done: A Call to Action
- June
2005 Extraordinary Ethiopia by Melanee
Meegan, Peace Coffee Marketing & Advertising Coordinator, Peace Coffee's 2nd Annual Open House, Aceh Tsunami Relief Fund Update
PPKGO, ForesTrade and CV Trimaju, Batter Up! by Monika
Firl, Coop Coffees
- May
2005 Fair Trade in Seattle by Scott Patterson, Brad's Nicaragua Journal by Brad the Bike Messenger
- April
2005 Fair Trade Travels and Other Adventures, Nicaragua Trip Brings Fair Trade to Life by Anneka
Kmiecik, Birchwood Café,
Fair Trade in a Volatile Market by Bill Harris, Cooperative Coffees
- March
2005 Andy's Chiapas Journal (part two) by
Andy Lambert, Converging For Fair Trade
- February
2005 Update On The Aceh Fund, Return To Chiapas (part one) by Andy Lambert, In Praise Of Hot Chocolate
by Rachel Hiltsley
- January
2005 Tragedy's Wake: Update From Sumatra, How I Spent My Floating Holiday by Brad the Bike Messenger, A Coffee Science Experiment by Rachel
Hiltsley, Resident Equipment Expert
- December
2004 Great Coffee the French Press Way, The Best Coffee in Town,
Coffee+Beer=Friggin' Good. eh?
- November
2004 My Other Bike is a Biodiesel,
Biodiesel: It's What's Inside
- October
2004 A Peaceful Alternative to Petroleum,
Don't Just Do It. Do It With Justice
- September
2004 Santa Anita de la Union, The Beauty of the St. Paul Classic
- August
2004 Crema Café: Home of Sonny's Ice Cream,
- July
2004 Exploring
Our Origins: Ethiopia
- June
2004 Journey through the Life of a Bean
- May
2004 Report
from Colombia and Brad
's Big Bike
Adventure
- April
2004 Nicaragua:
Coffee and
the Community at CECOCAFEN
- March
2004 Fair Trade Friends: United Students
for Fair Trade
- February
2004 Mut Vitz
and APECAFORMM Trip Reports
- January
2004 10
Good Things about a Bad Year
- December
2003 Global Exchange Fair Trade Challenge
- November
2003 Barriers to Fair Trade: NAFTA on
Steroids
- October
2003 Dia de
Los Muertos
- September
2003 Report
from Cancun: Victory
for Fair Trade
- August
2003 Fair
Trade Friends: Oxfam America
- July
2003 Exploring
Our Origins: Sumatra
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Phone - 612.870.3440 or 1.888.324.7872
Fax - 612-677-3989
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Anna Canning
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Nick Johnson
Andy Lambert
Melanee Meegan
Scott Patterson
Jamie Schumacher
Ryan Seibold
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