One of the responsibilities of a sustainable business is to contribute in positive ways to our local community, as well as the communities of producer partners around the world. We do all of our roasting in Durham, NC, and since our founding in 1995, we have partnered with organizations and donated resources to causes and organizations that work to preserve and improve our local community.

North Carolina-based partner organizations:

The ArtsCenter
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Center for Sustainable Enterprise (UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School)
Duke School
Duke University
Duke University Fuqua School of Business
Durham Earth Day
Durham Public Schools
Durham Symphony
Eastern Triangle Farm Tour
Full Frame Film Festival
North Carolina Museum of Art
NC Museum of Life & Sciences
NC State University
Playmaker’s Repertory Theatre
SEEDS
SeeSaw Studio
Sister Communities of San Ramón, Nicaragua
Slow Food Triangle
Songbird Celebration
Southeast Youth Food Activist Summit
Theatre in the Park
University of North Carolina
WUNC Radio

We also contribute to many more organizations, including:

The Caring House
Classic Stage Company
Cornucopia House
Culinary Institute of America
Durham Art Guild
Durham Symphony Orchestra
Earthskills
Environmental Defense Fund
The Healing Place
Housing for New Hope
Housing Works
Green Rush DC
Piedmont Wildlife Center
The Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill
Southern Foodways Alliance
Stand with Haiti
Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities
Water Partners International
WFYI Public Broadcasting

As our organization has grown into new regions and opened training centers in other cities, we have sought to engage with those communities, as well.

In Asheville, we participate in:

Earth Day and Fair Trade Festivals with our partners at Greenlife Grocery
Organic Fest
Riverwalk Arts Festival