Projects

CIW Does it AGAIN!!!

matt — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:50:38 -0400

Yes friends, the CIW has done it again.

With only one state border crossed, they pulled over at the Carter Center in Atlanta, GA to sign a peach of an agreement with Mickie D's. Read all about it HERE.

East Timor SEED Project

colleen — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:33:15 -0500

Dear Friends,

Planet Ark - Gardeners of Eden Project: Fundasaun Harii Au-Metan in collaboration with Just Coffee and Family Farm Defenders is seeking support for its work in sustainable agriculture and Permaculture in East Timor/Timor-Leste!

The ancient gardening traditions of local people have maintained resilient agricultural production systems for several thousand years. These gardeners have resisted the destructive Portuguese and Indonesian colonisations which reduced their forest production base, and have adopted and adapted to the new crops and technologies brought by each period. This project seeks to support the enrichment of the systems that have survived and proven their viability, as well as the introduction of improved intensive poly-cultural systems techniques.

We are now seeking vegetable and fruit seeds for trials, grow out and multiplying, in both coastal lowlands (small urban sites and ‘village farm’ in Dili) and the cooler mountain regions where coffee is the main commercial crop. We have already tested several new varieties of brassica, lettuce and other salad greens with great success, and this year want to expand our trials, as well as the number of families participating in seed multiplication.

In Rwanda - A Cafe for the People

mikemiller — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:07:37 -0500

The Café:
A small-scale café and roasting operation to be based in Kigali, Rwanda to help support the work of the Mbwirandumva Initiative.

The cafe project's goal is to provide Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali, with its first sit-down café and small roasting operation. The cafe will aim to produce a high-quality product for its local customers, both in terms of beverage and bean. The business will operate in a developing section of Kigali, in a new building project connected to Hotel Lily.

The Power of 100!!! Support the Santa Anita Coop

matt — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:56:55 -0500

WE NEED 30 MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN US IN THIS PROJECT. PLEASE READ ON AND CONSIDER DONATING...

The Power of 100
by Cafe Campesino's Tripp Pomeroy

Santa Anita Historical Memory Project

matt — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:02:17 -0400