Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) May 2005 Java Junkies
Fair Trade java: Profits drip down
To some it may just seem like a politically correct label, but buying Fair Trade coffee amounts to more than a hill of beans to many farmers throughout the world. If you're a java junkie, you've probably seen "Fair Trade"... read more »

Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA) September 2004 Business Buzz
Smith College to serve Indigo Coffee
NORTHAMPTON - Indigo Coffee Roasters, a Northampton-based independent artisan roaster, was again selected by the Smith College dining services to provide coffee for its 22 campus dining rooms. Indigo Coffee was also chosen... read more »

Specialty Coffee Retailer (Chicago, IL) April 2003 Marketing the Micro-Roastery
Marketing your micro-roasting operation begins and ends with one simple strategy: providing your customers with perfectly roasted beans so they can enjoy the experience of a great cup of coffee. Of course, to start at the beginning and arrive at the end implies the existence... read more »

Fresh Cup (Portland, OR) March 2003 Grounds for Health
Caring for Coffee Communities
Erika Mohr vividly recalls one of her first experiences as a volunteer in Pluma Hidalgo, Mexico, for Grounds for Health, an ambitious non-profit organization working to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer in Latin American... read more »

New York Magazine (New York, NY) November 2000 Java Script
Wake up (Christmas morning) and smell the coffee! And don't pay the Seattle behemoth's prices: These roasters know beans, and then some. You want to give that festive, inexpensive present that will be unwrapped first on Christmas morning? Coffee's your ticket. A winter's... read more »