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Wow,
it's hard to believe that it's mid August already!
But while it's been a hectic summer so far for the
Peace Coffee crew, it's also been a productive
one. We're fortunate to have found a new head
roaster right here at home – Keith Tomlinson. He's been our biodiesel van driver for the past
year and is savoring his new role. Meet him in the
Roaster's Corner. Also in this issue, we focus on
the crew's recent travels. Beth Backen reflects on
her trip to Guatemala with Peace Coffee and
Habitat for Humanity, Nate Stevens presents the
first of a two-part account of his visit to the
farmers at the PANGOA coop in Peru, and Ryan
Seibold relates his biking adventure to the Green
Man Festival. We've also got an introduction to
the Minnesota State Fair's new Eco Experience, a
new recipe and a winner for this month's Peace
Coffee Pride contest. Grab an iced Peace Coffee,
read on and enjoy...
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by
Beth Backen, Shipping and Receiving Coordinator
 In May 2006, Peace Coffee took a delegation
to Guatemala to participate in Habitat for Humanity’s
Global Village program. The idea was prompted by our
concern about the effects of Hurricane Stan on our trading
partners in Guatemala. While we waited for news that was
slow to come, we decided we wanted to do something more
this year, so we began to plan a trip to build some houses
in Guatemala. It was a unique opportunity for those of us
who went on the trip. We had a chance to learn firsthand
about housing issues in one of the producer countries we
partner with – an experience that will certainly be on
my mind as I think about how to keep improving Fair Trade
practices. During our stay we worked on two houses,
building walls of one, pouring the foundation and starting
the walls of the other. I was delighted to receive an
envelope in the mail the other day with photos of the
families in their completed houses.
Read
on...
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by
Nate Stevens, Customer Accounts Representative
 In
April of this year, Scott Patterson and I had the
privilege of visiting our farmer friends at the
PANGOA coop, and also made a brief visit to the
newly registered members of Cooperative Coffees in
Pichinaki, Peru. Following is a travel journal
recounting my observations and experiences on this
amazing journey. I had only been out of the US one
time previously, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, so
this was a very powerful learning experience for
me. This article is part 1 of a 2 part series. In
Part One, I give a journal of our trip through the
Andes on the Peru Central Highway. In Part Two, I
will recount my experiences with the members of
the coop in PANGOA.
04-24-06
8:00AM
Esperanza (general manager of coop de PANGOA) and
a driver picked Scott and I up from our hotel
room in Lima about 30 minutes ago. We are in a car
on the way to PANGOA. American music is playing on
the radio, Monday morning traffic everywhere...We
are on a 12-hour ride through up and over the
Andes and down into the tropical coffee growing
regions on the other side of this awesome mountain
range. Lima is huge!! I am told 13 million people
call this mega-city home!! Traffic is CRAZY! It's
a free for all, watch out bikers and pedestrians,
and the exhaust is thick and smoggy. We are
passing trucks full of bananas, moto taxis with
their passengers going to do daily activities,
roadside stands selling mangos, bananas, snacks,
breakfast, fruit juice, lots of Coca-Cola. Busy
city life here, I wonder if the hustle and bustle
of it all ever grinds on people the way it does on
me sometimes....
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by
Ryan Seibold
 I
left work on Friday afternoon when I was done with
my roasting shift, but instead of going home, I
was dropped off in Hugo, Minnesota. From there I
jumped on my bike and headed up north. I made it
70 miles to Hinckley, Minnesota, before stopping
and setting up camp for the night. The next
morning I headed onto the scenic Willard-Munger
trail, www.munger-trail.com/m/.
Sixty miles later I arrived in Duluth just in time
for the first musical act at the Green Man
Festival. I was greeted by members of the Peace
Coffee Crew, who were serving up iced coffee at
the Bayfront Festival Park, just a
few feet from Lake Superior in the heart of
historic Duluth. I had a great weekend hanging out
with the festival goers and serving up Peace
Coffee. Lastly, I was happy to have a ride back
home in the Peace Coffee van.
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It's
New! It's Green! And It's Coming to the Minnesota
State Fair!
 New
this year, the Minnesota State Fair and the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are pleased to
announce the grand opening of the Eco Experience at
the 2006 Great Minnesota Get-Together, August 24th
through September 4th. Located in the Progress
Center building, the entrance to the Eco Experience
is marked by a 123-foot-tall blade from a wind
turbine. As the fairground’s newest permanent
landmark, the blade is supported by 60 cubic yards
of concrete, and marks the first time one has ever
been mounted vertically. Upon entering the building,
visitors will find a functioning example of an
outdoor rain garden, a walk-through eco home and
garage featuring an electric vehicle and plug-in
hybrid car, a solar-powered boat plus the newest
green technology, including a hydrogen-powered ice
resurfacer.
more...
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 The
Cedarleafs
sent us this photo of the family enjoying
Peace Coffee and cookies on their raft. Congratulations,
Cedarleafs – 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: September 10th
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- July
2006 Bike Film Festival Rolls Into Minneapolis, Biofuels or Bust by Jim Kleinschmit and Mark Smith, Oxfam Red Cards Adidas
- June
2006 Travels With Habitat in Guatemala by Andy Lambert, Finding Balance in East Timor by Anna Canning, New Peace Coffee Beer:
MJDBA, Customer Spotlight: Jay's Café by Melanee
Meegan.
- May
2006 Gardening Grounds by Nathan Steigman, Peace Coffee Builds With Habitat, Bike Map Adds New Spin to Art-A-Whirl
- 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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Fair
Grounds is produced by:
Peace Coffee
Contact
Information:
Orders
and General Information
Phone - 612.870.3440 or 1.888.324.7872
Fax - 612-677-3989
E-Mail - info@peacecoffee.com
Web - http://www.peacecoffee.com
Peace Coffee Crew*:
Beth Backen
Anna Canning
Derek De La Paz
Nick Johnson
Andy Lambert
Melanee Meegan
Scott Patterson
Ryan Seibold
Nate Stevens
Keith Tomlinson
*We work together to get the coffee out to our customers. Although we have specific job titles, we all take turns switching roles and putting in time where
it's needed most.
Fair
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335 West Gill Road
Gill, MA 01354
Contact
Information:
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Phone - 413.863.7752
Fax - 413-863-7752
Web -
http://www.starstruckdesign.com
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