Many of you may have met Joaquin and Gabriela, Andrea's parents, at the shop or while they were running deliveries. Currently they are in Oaxaca checking out communities in the CEPCO coffee cooperative. Here's a snippet of an email we received tonight.

We arrived in Oaxaca this morning and proceeded to contact the people at CEPCO first by e mail then by phone and then visited their office; Jaime Hernandez Balderas was extremely helpful, in addition to explaining to us the history of CEPCO and the current situation of the communities (7 different regions in the state and 35 cooperatives) he introduced us to the current "Mesa Directiva" (Board of directors) all peasant farmers in a very pleasant environment.

Our plans have changed a bit instead of visiting first Pluma Hidalgo we leave for San Bartolome Loxicha Friday morning (5:00 A.M.) the president of the "mesa directiva" on his way to the coast is going to drop us off in the community and introduce us to the people there.

We were told that San Bartolome Loxicha is one of the communities that is well organized and has the most diverse economy, there are no hotels, restaurants or any other conveniences so we have no idea how this is going to work, we will let you know.

We hope to have them back with us soon! More news to follow.