I was in the audience for your presentation and really appreciated both what you had to say and the way you said it. I had hoped to catch up with you to tell you so in person, but lost you in the scrum of SCAA, so I will tell you now: thank you!

I think what struck me most about your comments was the candor (and courage) with which you offered them. You acknowledged how modest an objective it is to hope that smallholder coffee farmers can really thrive, and recognized how very rarely they do. This alone — this clear understanding of what really goes on at origin after the harvest and source visits end — is noteworthy.

Thanks again for sharing this perspective.

Michael