Most of you know of my interest in birds and bird conservation. Preservation of Central American forests is important to conservation of many species of birds that spend their breeding season here. Coffee, another of my special interests and loves, can be grown in sun or shade. Shade-grown coffee preserves the forest. Coffee also can be grown with or without chemicals. And it can provide a decent income for the farmers who tend the crop. I want to share with you a source of shade-grown, chemical-free coffee that returns the full purchase price to the farmers who grow the coffee. Plus, you get wonderful coffee for less than half of what you would pay in the store -- 17 ounces for five dollars (plus the cost of shipment; small). The brand is Juan Ana, the sponsor of this project a mission run by the Archdiocese of New Ulm, Minnesota. The coffee is grown in the mountains of Guatemala by Mayan people, shipped by air to New Ulm, with orders filled there by a corps of volunteers. Here is the web site. Give it a try. It is a good idea in so many ways.
www.juananacoffee.com Jim Williams
