[cgfc] Come meet our Guatemalan Coffee Growers!

[Molly Stentz]

Hi Co-op members,

We have a great opportunity for you to meet the growers of the Fair Trade 
coffee that we sell at the Co-op. A week from Thursday we will have on 
hand two members of the grower's co-op that provides us with our tasty 
Guatemalan coffee. They have a slide show which they'll be presenting with 
beautiful pictures of their land in the Quetzaltenango region 
(southwestern) Guatemala.  They will be happy to answer questions you may 
have about how coffee is grown, picked, shipped, roasted and delivered to 
you, as well as how co-operatives and fair-trade have made an effect on 
the economics of coffee production. We'll also be brewing up some of 
their coffee for tasting. It should be a very interesting evening- how 
often do you get the chance to meet where your food came from? Won't 
you join us?

See below!
-Molly
Common Ground

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Come Meet Guatemalan Co-op Coffee Growers
Thurs, Sept. 23 6pm
At Common Ground Food Co-op

    Rigoberto Augustin Ramirez and Roberto Ramirez Lainez, members of Santa 
Anita la union in Colomba, Guatamala and the source of Common Ground Food 
Co-op's Guatemalan coffee will be in Champaign on Thursday, Sept. 23rd.

   Santa Anita is a collective of 33 families growing coffee, bananas, 
avocadoes and community on 100 beautiful acres in the pacific coastal 
mountains of Guatemala.  They were able to acquire this land as a part of 
the peace accords that ended the civil war there 6 years ago.  Previous to 
becoming coffee growers, this group fought for indigenous rights and land 
reform.

Come meet Mr. Ramirez, Mr. Lainez, and Just Coffee coffee roasters as they 
share their experiences building alternatives to exploitative market 
conditions facing Third World farmers. They'll talk to us about coffee 
production, show us slides of their plantations, and answer questions you 
may have about coffee. We will also be brewing up some delicious 
fair-trade coffees for you to try!

Common Ground Food Co-op
610 E. Springfield Avenue * Corner of Wright & Springfield in Champaign
(217) 352-3347