On coffee: if it's not shade-grown, it's still worthless for birds,
although I do appreciate not using chemicals on the plants.

Jesse Ellis
ellis at lclark.edu

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Maureen Ellis wrote:

> Millstone has a Nature Conservancy 'French Roast' variety that is quite
> good also, and widely available.
> Cheers,
> Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu U of WA & Burien-Seahurst Park, WA
>
> "Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of
> confusion and bamboozle requires vigilance, dedication, and courage."
> -Carl Sagan-
>
> "We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities." -Pogo-
>
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Clarice Clark and Jerry Broadus wrote:
>
> > In the lastest edition of the Nature conservancy news magazine, there
> > is an article about Millstone coffee, that puts Starbucks to shame.
> > Millstone will contribute 2% (better than nothing) of net sales of
> > their new Exotics line of organic coffee. Millstone has guaranteed to contribute at tleast $400, 000 over the
> > next five years.
> > They don't say shade grown,
> > but they are "produced without chemical fertilizers, pesticides or
> > herbicides". Look for the conservancy's oak-leaf logo andmission
> > statement on
> > Organic Mayan Black Onyx and Organic Axtec Star and Sky
> > Clarice Clark
> > jbroadus at seanet.com
> > Puyallup, WA. 98371
> >
>