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	<title>Portland Roasting Coffee &#187; Farm Friendly Direct</title>
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		<title>Spring has Sprung!!</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2011/04/spring-has-sprung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trees are budding with the start of longer days here in Portland. I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that we made it through yet another long, dark and wet winter here in this wonderful city we call home. With the budding of the trees in the Pacific Northwest, come the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica, Day One</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2011/04/costa-rica-day-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emily</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Emily Bryant, FSA Representative Last month I was lucky enough spend a few days at La Minita, a coffee farm in Costa Rica. As part of our relationship with Food Services of America we take a few of their sales reps on a trip every year. Since I&#8217;m their main contact at Portland Roasting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Crop on the Horizon!</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2011/02/new-crop-on-the-horizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to get really excited this time of year. The build up of waiting all year for new crop Central American coffee arriving is in the air! We have cupped pre-ship samples and I can tell you, you won’t be disappointed. We have new crop El Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala containers all on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan, coffee&#8230;and turtles?</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/07/michigan-coffee-and-turtles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit Ortonville, Michigan, which is a northern rural suburb of Detroit.  Flying three-quarters of the way across the United States is a big deal. Traveling alone does not make me nervous, but rather the task I was given while visiting made me apprehensive.  I was to train [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala Farm Friendly Update</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/06/guatemala-farm-friendly-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to write an update regarding our Rain Forest Alliance (RFA) certification project in Guatemala. I wrote an article about this initiative a few months ago. Last March, a formal audit group from the FIIT foundation located in Guatemala had the opportunity to visit El Paternal farm to check the compliance of each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland Roasting Recognized in Case Study</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/05/portland-roasting-recognized-in-case-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduate students from Portland State University submitted a case study based on the Portland Roasting business model. It has been ranked first in a preliminary round of the Oikos Case Study Writing Competition 2010. Students focused their research on the Portland Roasting core program &#8212; Farm Friendly Direct™. Students took an in-depth look at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heading to the SCAA Show</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/04/heading-to-the-scaa-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are preparing for the SCAA annual show held in Anaheim, Calif., next weekend, April 16-18. If you are joining the specialty coffee  gathering, please visit us at booth #1701-03. Mark and Marie will take part in the following panels on industry trends and happenings: Measuring our Impact: An Innovative Method to Track Social and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water, Our Thirsty World</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/04/water-our-thirsty-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out April&#8217;s edition of National Geographic. It&#8217;s chock-full of evocative (true to form) images of the world&#8217;s water sources, from the abundant falls of Iguacu bordering Brazil and Argentina to drought images in Bangladesh. You may flip the pages to The Burden of Thirst, reportage on the millions of women who haul water throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland Roast Espresso Stout and more</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/03/portland-roast-espresso-stout-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/03/portland-roast-espresso-stout-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opposing forces, coffee and beer, meet in Laurelwood&#8217;s Portland Roast Espresso Stout. Try some out tomorrow Thursday, March 18, at Whole Foods in the Pearl from 5pm-8pm. Cheers! And, look for Portland Roasting Coffee at all area New Seasons Markets on Friday for a sampling and promotion of our upcoming Walk for Water held on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica, Part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/03/costa-rica-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.portlandroastingblog.com/2010/03/costa-rica-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day two of my awesome origin trip in Costa Rica began with a visit to Coffee Source Inc. coffee exporters.  Arnoldo Leiva, longtime friend of Portland Roasting Coffee, picked us up and brought us to his office.  He is the General Manager at Coffee Source, owned by the Vargas family.  The Vargas family also owns coffee [...]]]></description>
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