If the Suit Fits…

Some people talk about getting stuck in jobs they hate, about ending up in a field in which they have … More

Coffee and Climate: The Myth of Mitigation

The climate changes we’re currently experiencing did not happen overnight; they’re the product of years and years of human habits. … More

Last week Costa Rica’s Sintercafe held true to its tagline and connected the coffee world. Over 400 producers, processors, exporters, … More

Coffee and cacao are the only two commodities that need intensive long term care just to be produced, but then … More

Pride Monday I picked coffee. The men working on the house on the property I was picking on were eager … More

A bilingual evaluation of coffee measurements. How many manzanas fit in your hectare? When did acres turn into hectares? Maybe … More

Researchers are only scratching the surface of the long term harm pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and some fertilizers can have on … More

Expertise One strength in life is knowing your strengths, another is knowing how to put them to work. Roberto knows … More

Trampa– (n. f.) trap, snare. Hacer trampas. To cheat. Farmers can’t cheat. If stuff doesn’t grow, stuff doesn’t grow. At … More

Research Monday I visited the Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education (CATIE), where Elias proudly gave me a … More

Survey Answers Before landing in Costa Rica, I’d only seen one coffee plant: the one on display in the Tropical … More

Part of the job of any traveler is to be an ambassador for his/her home nation, so part of my … More

Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers” makes lots of interesting points, but one particularly interesting section is where he tries to tease … More

Humanity of Commodity: Working Project Rationale Everything has a story. No one of us, no moment of anyone’s life, fits … More