Tuesday, January 14, 2003


the coffee corps

i don't know how many -- or if any! -- of you long-time readers are coffee professionals. by which i mean, roasters, importers, traders, marketers, agronomists, company executives, etc. but i wanna tell you about a great new program anyway.

you may recall that i've talked about how the development agency usaid is aiding coffee-producing nations to help them survive the current world-price depression known as the coffee crisis.

i was skeptical that usaid would do anything except issue a blizzard of reports. well, one of the things usaid has set in motion is a volunteer program modeled on the peace corps. they're doing this in concert with the coffee quality institute and on the heels of a similar project in peru started by seattle's best.

in the new coffee corps, coffee professionals will volunteer to work with farmers, processors and cooperatives in coffee-producing nations to explain to them how to grow, process, and market high-quality coffee. so, you coffee professionals, run on over to the coffee corps website and sign up now!

basic expenses will covered by usaid funding, but your time, dedication, and love will be pure karma yoga. if you're a coffee farmer or cooperative, rush to the coffee corps site and request assistance now.

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