Dave Clark
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Hey, good to see you are enjoying coffee the best way, fresh roasted !! And, yes, since I stopped buying from major vendors and just became a home roaster, I too buy my beans from Sweet Marias. It takes some turning over the proverbial rocks, but you can find good clean food that isn't certified organic if you look hard enough. I 'do' buy organic green beans when the profile looks good, but Ethiopian dry process is some of the top coffee that is not sprayed for the most part. I hope someday they figure out the problems with Australian coffee growing, I know they are working on it, and when they can get production where it needs to be, I am sure it will be awesome coffee.Hey great to know this info Dave, Ethiopian is one of my favs. Along with Yemen, which is hard or impossible to get at least here in Australia. (War on Yemen now for many years - usual disgusting geopolitical story). I figured that the drier (or arid) climates where coffee is grown would mean the possibility of NOT needing the pesticides, fungicides, etc. .Hmmmmmm. I did just now search up Yemen coffee and pesticides, and it seems they sometimes spray the coffee seeds with pesticides. WTF? Anyhow this is found here - some Yemenis went to NL and are helping to get more Yemen coffee into NL. https://www.mochacoffee.nl/blogs/news/helping-coffee-farmers-in-yemen-by-elevating-the-european-coffee-experience
{I have been an avid home roaster since 2005, and miss my sweet maria's green beans! https://www.sweetmarias.com/ . Price and selection is awesome. There are incredible 'Coffee Photo Journeys' there, and literally months of reading on his site. Some great info regarding how coffee is grown when you buy it. Altitude, climate, how it is processed : Wet, dry, natural, etc..
--Also of Note: Coffee quality is very very poor of late, at least here in Australia. I imagine world wide as the weather ruining large crops last few years and the plandemic messing with Cargo Ships/transport and increase in prices=expensive sh*te green beans. Dang it.}
Back to Organics: I have a farmer friend in Oregon, outside of Portland, who was certified Org, and he stopped being certified after 25 years as he has his strong Customer base, about 75% of his sales direct to Restaurants, and the rest is farmers market, where everyone knows him. (35 years farming there). Virtually no need to be certified!! Everyone knows and tastes how good it is. (Chem free except for Chem Trails.)