http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/bird-friendly-shade-grown-coffee-for-k-cups-shannon-found-it/ Fine American Made Solid Wood Furniture Handmade & Custom Crafted in Vermont Fri, 17 May 2013 01:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/bird-friendly-shade-grown-coffee-for-k-cups-shannon-found-it/#comment-63 Peggy Farabaugh Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:42:14 +0000 http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/?p=230#comment-63 Thank you Bill. I stand corrected. I too hate the waste associated with K-cups. Personally I use the re-usable Keurig K-cup (http://www.keurig.com/accessories/my-k-cup) and fill it with organic coffee that I buy at our local Co-op but from now on I'll be using Birds and Beans coffee instead. Unfortunately, in the workplace it's just too hard to get people to mess with the re-usable cups. I don't know how to stop the Keurig revolution now that it has started. So I find myself looking for the "least bad" alternative. One good think about the SFB brand is that the bottom of their K-cup is fabric. Only the top is plastic. I'm definitely interested in better alternatives if you have suggestions. Thanks for your comment and your dedication to environmental conservation. We admire your company and the work you do. Thank you Bill. I stand corrected. I too hate the waste associated with K-cups. Personally I use the re-usable Keurig K-cup (http://www.keurig.com/accessories/my-k-cup) and fill it with organic coffee that I buy at our local Co-op but from now on I’ll be using Birds and Beans coffee instead.
Unfortunately, in the workplace it’s just too hard to get people to mess with the re-usable cups. I don’t know how to stop the Keurig revolution now that it has started. So I find myself looking for the “least bad” alternative. One good think about the SFB brand is that the bottom of their K-cup is fabric. Only the top is plastic.
I’m definitely interested in better alternatives if you have suggestions.
Thanks for your comment and your dedication to environmental conservation. We admire your company and the work you do.

]]> http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/bird-friendly-shade-grown-coffee-for-k-cups-shannon-found-it/#comment-62 Bill Wilson Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:52:06 +0000 http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/?p=230#comment-62 The coffee you are buying is not 'Bird Friendly(R)'. Only coffee independently certified to the standards of The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center can carry this certification. K-cups are NOT biodegradable. At current consumption rates, a pile of K-Cups equal to the mass of the Empire State building is created every 6 months.It would not take long to fill VT at this rate! Also - NYT article this week, coffee in K-Cups cost ~$50 a lb, the farmers do not see much of that. Be Certain.Buy Certified. Bill Wilson, Birds & Beans coffee The coffee you are buying is not ‘Bird Friendly(R)’. Only coffee independently certified to the standards of The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center can carry this certification. K-cups are NOT biodegradable. At current consumption rates, a pile of K-Cups equal to the mass of the Empire State building is created every 6 months.It would not take long to fill VT at this rate! Also – NYT article this week, coffee in K-Cups cost ~$50 a lb, the farmers do not see much of that.
Be Certain.Buy Certified.
Bill Wilson, Birds & Beans coffee

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