Archive for the ‘Sustainability’ Category

Bicycle Commuter T-shirt Design Contest

Help us design our team’s t-shirt for this year’s Bicycle Commuter Contest and you could win a three-month coffee subscription!

Podcast, Episode 4: Relationship Coffee

    Batdorf & Bronson Podcast: Relationship Coffee  Download: Batdorf and Bronson Podcast: Relationship Coffee (4.4 mb) Bob Benck, Batdorf & Bronson’s Green Coffee Buyer discusses the ways Relationship Coffee connects producers to consumers and consumers to coffee’s supply chain. Central America’s harvest is underway and Bob recently returned from Finca El Valle in Antigua, [...]

Chef Demo at the Peachtree Farmers Market

Today, I had the opportunity to be this week’s Chef Demo at the very popular Peachtree Rd. Farmers Market. At first, it was incredibly intimidated, I mean, looking at the calendar, I’m slotted between two of my favorite chefs, and two of Atlanta’s best chefs, Chef Kevin Gillespie from Woodfire Grill, and Chef Steven Satterfield [...]

It IS Easy Being Green

As you may already know, Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters was America’s first 100% green-powered coffee roaster. Our earth conscientiousness does not end there. We are proud to share with our consumers how important our planet is to us and that our actions prove our passion.

Olympia’s South Sound Green Tour

We are proud to be featured as a stop on this year’s South Sound Green Tour. The South Sound Green Tour is a self-guided tour of eco-friendly buildings and homes in Olympia, Washington. The tour will take place this April 16th-17th, so come out and learn the latest money-saving and earth-friendly ways to build, landscape, [...]

B&B Celebrates 10 years of 100% renewable energy

We just signed off on our tenth year Green Tag purchase and thought this was as good a time as any to pat ourselves on the back. We will definitely…

B&B Celebrates 10 years of 100% renewable energy

We just signed off on our tenth year Green Tag purchase and thought this was as good a time as any to pat ourselves on the back. We will definitely…

Café Javasti goes to Costa Rica

2010 started off with a great experience for both Batdorf & Bronson and our wholesale partners Café Javasti – a group trip to Costa Rica! Every year we look forward to our annual trip…

Ape Conservation Effort

  For several years, Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters has donated used burlap coffee bags to Zoo Atlanta’s Enrichment Team. Under the supervision of zoo keepers, volunteers stuff the bags with hay, popcorn and peanuts and give them to the zoo’s gorillas. The gorillas spend time searching through the bags for their treats and then [...]

Bags for Bugs

We receive letters here from time to time from various charities and organizations, thanking us for coffee and burlap bag donations. It’s always a pleasure to hear how we have been able to help our fellow human beings. However, recently we learnt that we have also been helping a rather different species, namely the Lebia [...]