This intel has been out there for a good year now, but it's worth bringing to your attention and so I shall. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and the Jane Goodall Institute have partnered to create a sustainable coffee farming program in the Kigoma region of Tanzania, which borders the protected chimpanzee habitat of Gombe National Park. The program has birthed Green Mountain's Tanzanian Gombe Reserve and about 10% of sales proceeds goes to the Jane Goodall Institute.
As the most famous of all primatologists, coffee lover Dr. Jane Goodall has worked tirelessly to save chimpanzees from extinction, but she has also worked just as hard to assist the humans who live among them. This program helps to ensure that some 2,700 small farmers in the Kalinzi Cooperative can grow high quality coffee using sustainable methods and receive a fair price for their beans.
Watch a video on the program to get the warm chimp fuzzies. Then, if you're so inclined, buy Green Mountain’s Tanzanian Gombe Reserve to show your support.
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