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Visiting Permata Gayo Pt 3: The Coffee

by Thread | Mar 23, 2014 | Blog

We spent a day visiting with the Permata Gayo members in the village of Tunjung Sari. We began at a house meeting, where we were able to talk with the farmers about why they were working with Permata Gayo, what were the benefits and what were the challenges they were...

Visiting Permata Gayo Part 2: The General Assembly

by Thread | Mar 19, 2014 | Blog

By Casey McKeel After traveling 14 hours up into the mountains of Aceh Province, we were warmly welcomed at Permata Gayo’s General Assembly. Our delegation – made up of Florent from Cooperative Coffees, Matt from Just Coffee in Wisconsin, Fabien and...

Sumatra Pt. 1

by Thread | Mar 15, 2014 | Blog

By Casey McKeel This week I’m in Sumatra visiting the farmers we work with at Permata Gayo. On the ground in Medan, the largest city on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, I’m traveling with Matt Earley of Just Coffee, Florent Gout of Cooperative Coffees,...