This coffee isn't going to get sustainable by itself people!!!

Hard work, patience, and attention to detail, combined with the tolerance to put up with monsoon like rains, sun burns and sweat, and a kaleidoscope of colorful spiders and creepy critters. This is what it takes to help the scientists here with Earthwatch collect enough data to create sustainable coffee farms and promote soil conservation. I am Roxanne from Ohio, and it is amazing to me how a team of people gathered from around the world can be not only willing to do these things but eager. We are all so motivated by the passion that emanates from the farmers for their farms, their Co-op and their trade. We have learned the extent that C.A.F.E Practices have on the farmers here and how much that they, and the community depend on it. It is one thing to learn about it in the class room, it is completely different to meet the people that are impacted by it. So many people play such a critical role in the process from mountain top to counter top, and they can either choose to impact it in a positive way or a destructive way. It seems to me that people make decisions based on what they know, so all of us are realizing what a huge responsibility has been placed upon us to make sure that the local farmer’s story is heard. I can’t think of a more exciting and important story to share and I think that coffee drinkers are ready and willing to hear it. So for now we are just soaking in as much as we can and wishing our time here wasn’t going so fast.