Junior's Journal

The Alberta Petite Hotel
Robin Hawley was one of the first “regular” customers at Guilder when it opened in 2017. She frequently visited as a member of a neighborhood political advocacy group called, 'Postcards & Coffee'. The group of engaged activists wrote postcards together...
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Using a Cost of Production Covered Template to Reshape Green Coffee Contracts
Coffee is traded as a commodity, and, specialty quality or not, the commodity pricing scheme still affects specialty grade coffee pricing. Coffee prices have fluctuated within the same range since the late 1970s (some of the highest prices paid for...
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Interview with Michelle Stoler of Shared Source
This interview originally appeared in the Community Funded Coffee e-newsletter. CFC: How would you describe your role as an importer, and often a mediator between coffee producers and roasters? MS: In Colombia and Guatemala (and as is the case with...
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