Posted in Green, Loco for Locavores, Tips, coffee science, roasting, tagged Green, Coffee, eco-friendly, roasting, shipping, carbon footprint, food miles, carbon emissions, energy consumption on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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I can’t wait to have one of these stores near me
I’ve been so busy roasting, cupping and adding new coffees that I haven’t had time to pontificate on deep and meaningful things in the space lately. So here’s a little something to chew on…
I’ve been thinking about carbon footprints lately. We’ve spent a [...]
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Have gardening questions?
This Saturday, May 24, three Master Gardeners will be attending the Cary Farmers’ Market to answer everything you wanted to know about your garden, including indigenous planting, sustainability, and more.
The Master Gardeners program is offered through the Cooperative Extension Center. See link for more info about the program.
You can get [...]
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Posted in Farmers' Market, Green, Loco for Locavores, Recipes, real food, tagged amanda shaw, burrito, chirmolito, flying mayan, gulf rim cafe, hillsborough nc, local food, real food, vegetarian on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s not what you think…
It all started with coffee. At the Gulf Rim Cafe, in Hillsborough, NC, Andrea and Joe are Louisiana natives, and they serve the blend we made especially for them as the house coffee. On Saturday they needed more coffee, and I had a family that needed dinner. How convenient. There are [...]
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Posted in Green, Tips, earth day, tagged Coffee, compost, earth day, Green, recycle, reuse, Tips on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Today is an opportunity to think about your impact on the planet. I thought I would jump on the bandwagon with maybe some “less obvious” suggestions to minimize your own impact on the planet. Those who know me know that I like to think beyond the obvious, and this topic is no exception. So here [...]
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Posted in Farmers' Market, Green, Loco for Locavores, New Coffee, real food, tagged cary farmers' market, duke, duke farmers' market, earth day, earth-friendly, eco-friendly, farmers, Green, la farm bakery, la farm bread, marion nestle, mocha java, mocha java wild type, new blends, peas, slow food on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I know, it’s been a while since I’ve updated the blog! But we’ve been busy!
In honor of Earth Day coming up this week, we had a team at my other Alma Mater, Duke University. They have quite a farmer’s market on Fridays and had an Earth Day theme for this market week; since we have [...]
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Posted in Farmers' Market, Green, Loco for Locavores, Organic, Recipes, Tips, real food, tagged espresso, Farmers' Market, real food on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I hear three complaints about real food that drive me nuts:
1. It’s not affordable
2. It takes too long to prepare
3. You need to be a good cook to make it appealing
So while pulling together dinner tonight, a regular Monday night with work and kid activities, it occurred to me that the meal [...]
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Posted in Farmers' Market, Green, Local Coffee of the Week, Loco for Locavores, New Coffee, Organic, real food, tagged cary, cary farmers' market, Farmers' Market, local, locavore, Organic on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
The Cary Downtown Farmers’ Market opened today, and we were there. The night leading up to opening day was quite wild, with wind, rain, thunder and lightening, so we wondered how the attendance would be, or if we would even be able to set up. The weather had cleared, more or less, by [...]
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Yes, that’s right - Earth Month 2008 starts tomorrow!
Here’s a list of local events at my other Alma Mater
http://www.duke.edu/web/ESC/earth_month08_calendar.html
Do something for the planet this month, and share it here.
http://www.muddydogcoffee.com
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So admittedly this post is at BEST tangentially related to our coffee business, in that the name of said business was inspired by our dogs. But we do like to do our part to minimize conspicuous consumption, so I’ve been meaning to mention the dog leashes Debbie found recently. From Krebs Recycle, these leashes are [...]
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Posted in Green, Trade Shows, tagged biodegradable, Coffee Fest, coffee in action, Coffeefest, compostable, environment, Green, PLA, polylactic acid on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
And in this case, corn is the new King. What in the world, you may ask, does that title have to do with coffee, or more importantly, you? We’ll get to that, I promise.
We spent the day today at CoffeeFest. If this sounds like fun, then I should explain that while it [...]
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