Having coffee with Chad Cronin at this coffee shop today. Its a great little shop that has the feeling of the old Hill of Beans from back in my early GLCC years. Wicker tables and chairs, little nooks in crannies in the house, and, most importantly, good coffee.
Plus, they are doing coffee right, in that they are doing fair trade coffee a step further, by working directly with a grower in Rwanda to make sure that the small growers are getting the money they deserve for their products. My friend, Cassidy, did some work in this vein when he shot video for the Bicycles for Rwanda project.
What do you need to do? Drink coffee responsibly. Make sure it is fair trade--meaning the growers are getting treated fairly in the process. Also, make sure you are getting coffee from places who use, not abuse those they get their coffee from. You can certainly buy coffee from places like Land of a Thousand Hills and know that you are being a good steward with your cup of joe.
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The Indiana Campus minister's meeting was at the Purdue Campus House this semester and their coffee shop serves some of the direct trade coffee. It was amazing!!!! They are working with these guys to do vision trips and some other cool stuff.
Catalyst had a group called Project 7 there. They provided all the coffee. It was awesome and done the right way.
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