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Project Green Generation TV: Berkeley Grads Turn Coffee Waste Into Specialty Mushrooms

Coffee Lover — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:30:41 +0000

Nikhil Arora and Alex Velez are no ordinary college graduates. Both Berkeley grads had recently deferred jobs in corporate finance to locally replicate a sustainable system of growing Shitake and Oyster mushrooms. Michael Montalban with BBN3 follows Nikhil and Alex from their Emeryville warehouse to their first harvest sold to Whole Foods in Berkeley.

Duration : 0:2:57

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Coffee Farmers Organizations (Buginyanya, Bugisu, Uganda)

Coffee Lover — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:56:13 +0000

Meet Geoffrey, of Kyagalanyi Coffee Co. (Crop to Cup’s specialty coffee export partner in Uganda). Geoffrey explains how farmers are organized in Eastern Uganda’s Bugisu region in order to improve on coffee quality and help build sustainable communities. Near the end of the video you can also meet Peter and Milton – two of the many dedicated family farmers who contribute to Crop to Cup’s signature Uganda Bugisu product. Check out our other videos to meet other farmers and explore their communities.

Duration : 0:4:16

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Rwanda Specialty Coffee – Rwanda (SPREAD)

Coffee Lover — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:36:06 +0000

Join our team as we visit Tim Schilling and the SPREAD organization in Butare, Rwanda and find out how to transform the Rwandan coffee industry in less than 10 years into a world contender.

Duration : 0:6:9

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