Monday, August 18, 2003


read it & weep

"a victim of the collapse of world coffee prices since late 1999, rio sereno is becoming a ghost town as its coffee-based economy slumps, its farms are abandoned and residents leave for panama city or the united states," sez reuters.

the coffee crisis -- this world price depression that is causing so much human misery -- continues. while the farmers say they would consider moving into cattle ranching, in our hearts those of us who have been following the crisis for a while know that they probably will have little choice but to grow marijuana or worse.

why do we care about rio sereno? because it is generally considered to be part of the famed boquete area. panama's boquete coffee is particularly prized by many coffee lovers. . .i've written about it before.

we are looking at a serious threat to the continued existence of this premium origin.

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