To most people Fair-trade means that people in poorer countries who grow or make what we buy get a good price, a decent wage and good working conditions. There are over 100 F. T. products, including tea, coffee, fruit juice, bananas, mangoes and chocolate...

The American obsession for coffee and espresso has made this an exciting time for serious coffee connoisseurs. Consumers have a wider selection of beans from more countries, in a wider range of roasts than ever before. If you're looking for an easy way to...

Many mayors have 10-year plans to end homelessness and had reported progress until this year. The most recent official count, in January 2007, found 671,888 people living on U.S. streets or in shelters, down 12% from January 2005.Other factors have been h...

Except during the Great Depression, women and children have never been on our nation's streets in significant numbers. During the 1980's, cutbacks in benefits coupled with rapidly increasing rents and a dearth of low-income housing jeopardized the stabili...

Well its November 2008 and a great time to be in Costa Rica to visit a local coffee farm. It's also harvest time for most of Costa Rica and the initial gourmet coffee reports are outstanding. Look for a very flavorful and smooth coffee and tons of it. The...

Lios, tigers and Bears, how do they keep them away from the coffee? This year's coffee report calls for major production improvement and output record levels for African coffee producing countries. The African output will so far exceed expected output...

The number of homeless is greatly increasing each day. Unfortunately both the number and percentage of homeless children and single moms is also greatly increasing. At an alarming rate. The face of the homeless is becoming your neighbor's wife as she flee...

Gourmet coffee prices like everything else have shot through the roof. This year’s coffee report calls for major production improvement and output record levels for African coffee producing countries. The African output will so far exceed expected outp...

The perfect Holiday gift is the one gift that you can give to a friend and also help the needy at the same time. Again this perfect holiday gift is the gift that someone will really enjoy and the proceeds will help the homeless ie the homeless child. M...

With the Holidays fast approaching we tend to drink more coffee and eat a lot more desserts. Its gets really bad on the waistline when our coffee starts to have as many calories as a dessert, but unfortunately many specialty coffee drinks are like a desse...

Food gift baskets are popular gifts for birthdays, the holidays, or for any special occasion. Unfortunately, prepackaged gift baskets can be expensive! They also can be wasteful, as what are the odds that the recipient will like all the foods in the baske...

Is there any ways that really help the homeless? Does handing the panhandler a dollar do any good? Are you looking for the quick help or do you want to help solve the solution? The biggest problem is the homeless are not a group of the same person so thei...

With the Holidays fast approaching we tend to drink more coffee and eat a lot more desserts. Its gets really bad on the waistline when our coffee starts to have as many calories as a dessert, but unfortunately many specialty coffee drinks are like a desse...

Is there any ways that really help the homeless? Does handing the panhandler a dollar do any good? Are you looking for the quick help or do you want to help solve the solution? The biggest problem is the homeless are not a group of the same person so thei...

This is the story of how the humble coffee becomes a world celebrity. It's not about the Labrador named Coffee Beans attached to the Sheriff's Department sniffing drugs and bombs. It's about "the" coffee beans we are familiar with. It's about the fragrant...