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Please note that we will be roasting and shipping through the end of the day on Wednesday, December 24th and will resume normal roasting and shipping operations on Monday, December 29th. However, to ensure that your order is delivered in time for the holidays please make sure that you allow enough time for us to roast your coffee and for FedEx to deliver it.
The following is a rough estimate of deadlines for ordering coffee for delivery by Wednesday, December 24th… assuming everything goes according to FedEx’s plan! Please consult FedEx to confirm that on-time delivery is possible based on your order’s destination.
Order by December 22nd: Eastern AL, GA, Northern FL, Western SC
Order by December 19th: AR, Southern FL, IL, IN, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN, Eastern SC, NC, VA, WV, Southern OK, Eastern TX
Order by December 18th: CO, CT, DE, IA, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, NE, Eastern & Central ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, Northern OK, PA, RI, Northern & Western TX, VT, WI, Washington DC, Central & Southeastern WY
Order by December 17th: AZ, UT, Western ND, SD, CA, ID(except Northern region), MT, NV, Northern & Southwestern WY
Order by December 16th: OR, WA
Special Note: Cafe Campesino will make every effort to roast, pack and ship orders as quickly possible. Large orders or orders that require special packaging or shipping arrangements may delay shipping.
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Here’s a preview of our winning design
Special thanks to the talented folks that submitted entries for the T-Shirt Design Contest! It was hard to choose only one winning design, but we have decided on Justin Niederkorn’s. A big thank you to Wes Ledyard & Cynthia Coyle….we loved your designs as well! We hope to have the new shirts ready in a few weeks.
Graphic wizard Niederkorn is also a Habitat softball legend, sort of like our own Rob Deer- all or nothing at the plate, but great drama either way!
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Introducing our very own Cafe Campesino version of chocolate covered espresso beans! That’s right, our 100% Fair Trade organic espresso beans mixed with Divine brand chocolate from Kuapa Kokoo farmer’s cooperative in Ghana. This intensely dark chocolate from a group which strives to enhance the role of women in all of their affairs, is high in antioxidants with a 70% cocoa content. It is artisan crafted into an intoxicating espresso bean blend by our friends at Koinonia Partners in Americus, and available in 4 oz. packages.
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May brings significant transition for Café Campesino, with expansion around the bend, the commencement of a ten year anniversary that coincides with World Fair Trade Day, and a fresh newsletter team. Yet while steady growth helps expand our scope, we remain committed to maintaining the identity and principles of Fair Trade upon which we were founded.
This issue of Fair Grounds marks the first created by our new in-house editorial team, Jimmy Foglio and Stephanie Banas.
Jimmy grew up in New Jersey and attended Michigan State University. After earning a MA in American History from Rutgers, he worked as a journalist for two years, and eventually returned to school for a MA in Education. While teaching in Colorado, he continued to write freelance and published a memoir titled “Travels With Aspen.” Upon meeting his future wife, Tamara, they moved to Americus where she works for Habitat for Humanity International and he teaches.
Jimmy became interested in Fair Trade after meeting Bill and Tripp, where he found it was everything he had ever believed in, but until that point could never put into words. The goal is to blend his training as a social and cultural historian with a journalistic voice to diversify and transcend our audience and promote the growth of Fair Trade.
Originally from Chicago, Stephanie received a degree in Creative Writing from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She has held jobs ranging from hairdresser to farmer, and currently works for Habitat for Humanity International. While working with Habitat in Guatemala, she became fluent in Spanish, and continues to collaborate most specifically with the Latin America and Caribbean region.
Stephanie appreciates Café Campesino’s drive to make Fair Trade ‘tocable’; that is to say, to make it something we can wrap our hands around. She’s impressed with Bill and Tripp’s passion for genuine conversation, and their steep commitment towards relationships surrounding coffee. From producing partners to fellow roasters to those of us that drink it, their choices constantly prove that coffee can be a catalyst for positive and creative change.
Reality hits us broadside when we choose to live with integrity, and Fair Trade asks that we make that choice. Stephanie finds that Café Campesino has done that, and looks forward to sharing part of their story.
We would like to thank our good friends Lynn and Don at Starstruck Design for all they have done over the years to produce our newsletter and for their unwavering support of Cafe Campesino and the Fair Trade movement. Thank you Lynn and Don!
