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Originally Posted by cleverkarate

So you want people to donate their artwork and/or money in order to help farmers make money? Maybe I'm missing the point, if so please forgive me, but this doesn't really seem like a charitable cause. Is someone starving? Are there children involved? Maybe children who can't afford Starbucks or something?

Their in Peru, not fuckin LA.

The South American country of Peru has been in the news a lot lately, as a devastating earthquake occurred there about two weeks ago. Here at Independents, Peru is often on our mind, because that's where our wonderful house coffee, "Independents Peruvian Select," is grown.

The earthquake hit the coastal town of Pisco the hardest. Our coffee is grown far away, by the farmer-owned Cooperativa San Fernando, near Cusco, high in the Andes. While the folks in the San Fernando community did not experience the widespread destruction that happened in Pisco, reports from the country inform us that almost everyone is affected.