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Date: 05 Aug 2006 21:09:39
From: butch burton
Subject: NYT Article on Rwandan Coffee
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Excellent article with lots of info and people many are familiar with
including Goeff Watts of Intelligentsia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/business/yourmoney/06coffee.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all
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Date: 06 Aug 2006 06:33:33
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Subject: Re: NYT Article on Rwandan Coffee
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On 5 Aug 2006 21:09:39 -0700, "butch burton" <spacetrax@wi.rr.com >
wrote:
>Excellent article with lots of info and people many are familiar with
>including Goeff Watts of Intelligentsia.
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/business/yourmoney/06coffee.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all
I just read that. Very interesting. The woman who certainly has risen
from the ashes, has something less than 800 trees. Yikes hard to make
even an adequate living on so few trees. Bourbon is a good variety.
(My cynical self says perhaps instead of giving $2 from every bag to
the Gorilla fund, a worthy cause I am sure, they should turn it back
so the coffee farmers can plant more trees, or hire an expert to
increase production or some sort of re-investment in her coffee.)
I do wish her all the luck possible! She is a survivor.
aloha,
Cea
--smithfarms.com
farmers of pure kona
roast beans to kona to email
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Date: 06 Aug 2006 12:08:32
From: Danny O'K
Subject: Re: NYT Article on Rwandan Coffee
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Aloha, Cea-
The gorillas also bring in their share to the Rwandan economy and
without the care of the people they quickly become "bush meat" or get sold
to zoos, or have their heads cut off to sit on another animal's mantle, or
become some kind of strange additive to Chinese medicine. I'm sure that Paul
Katzeff is paying premium prices to the Rwandans, but being able to focus
the buyer on the gorillas connects the customer in another emotional way.
Sometimes it's easier to consider the plight of an endangered species than
it is to contemplate internecine human rivalries that caused wholesale
slaughter. The more positive attention paid to Rwanda the greater the hope
they will have. What a great adventure it would be to be able to fearlessly
go to Rwanda and visit both the coffee farmers and the gorillas. I'm sure
the Rwandan highlands are perfect for growing both coffee and gorillas.
Human beings, too.
Danny O'K
<beans@smithfarms.com > wrote in message
news:rp5cd25aek6951lvtauj19q4a3mbomumal@4ax.com...
> On 5 Aug 2006 21:09:39 -0700, "butch burton" <spacetrax@wi.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Excellent article with lots of info and people many are familiar with
>>including Goeff Watts of Intelligentsia.
>>
>>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/business/yourmoney/06coffee.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all
>
> I just read that. Very interesting. The woman who certainly has risen
> from the ashes, has something less than 800 trees. Yikes hard to make
> even an adequate living on so few trees. Bourbon is a good variety.
> (My cynical self says perhaps instead of giving $2 from every bag to
> the Gorilla fund, a worthy cause I am sure, they should turn it back
> so the coffee farmers can plant more trees, or hire an expert to
> increase production or some sort of re-investment in her coffee.)
>
> I do wish her all the luck possible! She is a survivor.
>
> aloha,
> Cea
> --smithfarms.com
> farmers of pure kona
> roast beans to kona to email
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Date: 06 Aug 2006 10:04:11
From:
Subject: Re: NYT Article on Rwandan Coffee
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On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 12:08:32 -0700, "Danny O'K"
<oksongbird@tcenturytel.net > wrote:
>Aloha, Cea-
> The gorillas also bring in their share to the Rwandan economy and
>without the care of the people they quickly become "bush meat" or get
sold
>to zoos, or have their heads cut off to sit on another animal's
mantle, or
>become some kind of strange additive to Chinese medicine. I'm sure
that Paul
>Katzeff is paying premium prices to the Rwandans, but being able to
focus
>the buyer on the gorillas connects the customer in another emotional
way.
>Sometimes it's easier to consider the plight of an endangered species
than
>it is to contemplate internecine human rivalries that caused
wholesale
>slaughter. The more positive attention paid to Rwanda the greater the
hope
>they will have. What a great adventure it would be to be able to
fearlessly
>go to Rwanda and visit both the coffee farmers and the gorillas. I'm
sure
>the Rwandan highlands are perfect for growing both coffee and
gorillas.
>Human beings, too.
>
>Danny O'K
>
You are correct Danny. I think my point was (obtuse probably) that if
the story is indeed about the woman rising like a Phoenix----as one
woman farmer to another, I would say she needs to certainly increase
her plantings if she is to succeed as an individual. The NYT story
was filled with facts:) but if only 6% is "cleanly washed" etc., there
is not much coffee available to buy. Sorry I got lost in what was
really available.
Yes the twofold appreciation of Rwanda is doubly valuable. Rwanda
needs all of the help we can give it.
aloha,
Cea
--smithfarms.com
farmers of pure kona
roast beans to kona to email
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