Coffee, anyone?

I know most of you aren't coffee drinkers. Maybe your parents are, or friends, or co-workers are- so you can spread the word to them. Well, I am a big coffee drinker. I love the idea of fair trade. I don't know why I haven't been doing this, but I'm going to start now. When I went to Guatemala I got to see first hand the whole coffee process. And it's a lot of work.
Please take a few minutes to look at this slide show to see more. So here is a little more info. about this coffee in their words:
For over ten years the Mission has been selling the best coffee in Guatemala and exporting it throughout the United States. Working with a cooperative of small growers, the Mission ensures that these workers receive better than fair trade prices for their harvest, over triple the national average. The street price for 100 pounds of coffee is Q 60.00. This gives very little income to families. We buy coffee at Q 200.00 per 100 pounds. We ensure the finest beans and closely monitor the quality of the coffee. We are also involved in every level of coffee production: from picking the coffee fruit to drying it, from sorting and roasting the beans to grinding them. Our coffee is packaged in colorful cloth bags created by the residents of San Lucas. The entire coffee program, from the cultivation of the beans to the sewing of the bags, is entirely geared to supporting the local economy, providing just wages for the people of San Lucas, and producing the finest coffee Guatemala has to offer.
Click here to buy the coffee:

It comes in those cute cloth bags. The coffee is fabulous. It's only $7.00/ lb. Cheaper than in the store. Yes, you have to pay for shipping, but it ships out of MN, so you might even be able to pick it up yourself if you live near the area.
I can back it up 100%. I have seen it with my own two eyes. And that trip is when I became a coffee drinker. Please spread the word.

Here are all the families you are helping. In addition to the local farm (where I got to pick beans at) they buy it from other local families to help them:
In addition to the coffee harvested on the farm, the project buys coffee produced by selected families in the community on their own land to help them obtain a just market price at the time of harvest.
The following list shows the number of families from whom the project buys coffee:
115 families from the village of Chitulul
175 families from San Lucas Tolimán
9 families from San Juan La Laguna
11 families from Pampojilá
2 families from the village of San Martín
1 family from the village of Panimaquip
2 families from the village of San Gabriel

My next post will show what I'm going to do with the money!