Fair Grounds Newsletter from Cafe Campesino

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Buzzing with Autumnal Energy
Producer News: CECOCAFEN in the Off Season
Café Campesino's Back to School Survey
Staff Notes and Upcoming Events
Customer Spotlight: The Healthy Gourmet
Bean There, Done That (Coffee Humor)
Test Your Coffee Knowledge
Quote of the Month
Past Issues of Fair Grounds

Autumn always seems to bring with it a breath of fresh air and a renewed energy and this Fall at Café Campesino is no exception. Both at home and in the community, we're busy finding new ways to promote Fair Trade coffee. We're also evaluating how to better serve you, our customers. In this month's issue of Fair Grounds, we're asking you to let us know how we're doing by completing an online survey. You'll also find an interview with Nicaragua's CECOCAFEN, a staff and events update, a customer spotlight, a Dr. Coffee, a trivia question plus (starting this month) a new humor column. There's truly something for everyone, so enjoy!

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Adapted from an Interview with Martha Villarreyna and Pedro Haslam of CECOCAFEN in Nicaragua.
Café Campesino sincerely thanks our friends at CECOCAFEN for helping us to better understand our partners and bringing us together in the name of Fair Trade.

When asked about what is happening now at CECOCAFEN while coffee is not being harvested, Martha Villareyna listed a litany of activities, making it clear that "off-season" is by no means "down-time" at CECOCAFEN! While they are closing the books on 2003/2004 sales for each village cooperative, applications are being received and approved from members of the cooperatives for new credit loans for the maintenance of the coffee plantations in 2004/2005.

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Well, we figure if our little ones have to get back to school, the least that we can do here at Café Campesino is join them and demonstrate our commitment to education! In this issue of Fair Grounds we would like to ask you to participate in a brief online survey to help us become better educated…in other words, how are we doing? What can we do to serve you better? Are we falling short in any areas? Are there things that you would like to see us do that will improve the way in which we deliver our fair trade, organic and shade grown coffee and the message of Fair Trade?

Please take just a few minutes of your time to answer a selection of questions designed to help us learn more about our performance so that we can continue to provide consistently great fair trade coffee with customer service to match!

In exchange for your input and as a way saying thank you, we will give you a free box of Fair Trade Organic Tea with your next order. Please note the discount code provided on the last page of the survey and enter it in the Promotion Code box on your next order.

Here's your link to take the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=47642619101

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Kudos to Lee for placing as a finalist in the Cooperative Coffees "Cup of Excellence" competition. We are not surprised that his fine Guatemala Full City roast caught the attention of the judges, as we continue to receive emails and calls from customers who are wowed by the excellent quality and great taste of Lee’s coffee.

Café Campesino is delighted to welcome Kaycee LeRoy as our new customer service and fulfillment assistant. Kaycee is doing a great job and in her short time with us has demonstrated an impressive knack for accuracy and speed. She has also fit right in with Lee and Tripp at the roastery and its caffeine-charged work environment! Welcome aboard Kaycee!

As this newsletter hits your mailbox, Tripp and Lee will be heading off to the Green Festival in Washington, D.C. Although Hurricane Ivan has threatened to join them, the event is a great opportunity for like-minded companies to get together in the name of all that is green and good! If you plan on being in the DC area September 18th and 19th, we recommend that you check out the festival. And be sure to stop by and visit Tripp and Lee in booth 329 at the DC Convention Center if you get a chance.

On September 29th, Tripp and Bill travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to speak about Fair Trade and coffee with folks from the First United Methodist Church. First United recently opened a coffee house at their church and are doing a great job serving up Café Campesino coffee! While in Tuscaloosa, Tripp and Bill will also be speaking with a group of students from the University of Alabama about Fair Trade and Café Campesino.

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Café Campesino extends a hearty welcome to our new customer, The Healthy Gourmet. Located in Athens, Georgia, this distinctive shop is committed to bringing its customers exceptionally high quality foods and other products. The owners search high and low to find only the most pure, healthy, and delicious foods that come from as close by as Georgia’s backyard to as far away as the four corners of the earth. And a majority of their products are handcrafted artisan foods from small family companies, like Café Campesino!

If you live or travel near Athens, be sure to stop by and visit The Healthy Gourmet at 1087 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30606…or call them at 706-353-3323.

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A grandmother was surprised by her 7-year old grandson one morning. He had made her coffee! She drank what was the worst cup of coffee in her life. When she got to the bottom, there were three little plastic army men in her cup. Puzzled, she asked, "Honey, what are the army men doing in my coffee?"

Her grandson answered, "Grandma, it says on TV, the best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup!"

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We're giving away coffee!

Think you know a lot about coffee? Then enter our Fair Grounds Trivia Contest. Click here for our question of the month. Entering is easy and it's FUN!

Last month's Coffee Knowledge Winner was Claudia Perez-Selva who was able to tell us how many green coffee beans it takes to fill a 152# jute sack from Guatemala?" (The answer was "D") Congratulations Claudia!

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A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November.

– Kevin Nealon

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Fair Grounds is produced by:

Café Campesino
725 Spring Street
Americus, GA 31709

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Bill Harris

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