07/16/2009
Organic Coffee Cartel Blog Launched
For more information on our coffees and the farmers who grow the coffee, as well videos, links, and coupons, take a look at the new Organic Coffee Cartel blog.
07/01/2009
Synopsis
My intent is to spend the Summer before working as the still-photographer on the next Zack Snyder (director of movies 300 and Watchmen) film traveling on a Vespa GTS 300 Super between New York and Vancouver, BC. The basic idea is to rarely go more than 150 miles on any given day, eat and support organic, locally produced and harvested foods (http://www.eatwellguide.org/), pop into Apple stores and Vespa dealerships to give my existing photography presentation, and make new pictures and portraits that will be blogged and geo-tagged along the way using my Nikon (probably with just one fixed 50mm lens). The emphasis is on moving slowly and engaging the country that exists away from the freeways. This framework is simple, spontaneous and privileges authenticity and uniqueness rather than the constructed and cliché.
In a culture awash in homogenized experiences that can't seem to happen fast enough, this trip aspires to have a quieter, more considered tone. I can't predict what I'll see or who I'll meet along the way but the hope is I'll be able to engage folks whose voices are as distinct and original as the landscape. With my skills as a professional photographer, I'd hope to honor them through portraiture.
The companies I'm engaging to be part of this trip are folks I couldn't imagine doing so without. Apple makes my computer and phone, Nikon makes my camera and lens, Vespa makes my scooter. Those are my essentials. Everything else is at the mercy of the muses. I'm okay with that. (wink).
- Clay Enos
Follow the Tour: http://www.clayenos.com/vespa/
Other News of Interest to the OCC:
Cup to Seed: Does specialty coffee help or hurt farmers?
Chemically Imbalanced
By BEN SZOBODY
Published: November 6, 2008
Budgets Squeezed, Some Families Bypass Organics
The New York Times
By ANDREW MARTIN
Published: October 31, 2008
Bean Town
The New York Times
By TED BOTHA
Published: October 24, 2008
Specialty Coffee Roasters Brew in New York
The New York Times
By PETER MEEHAN
Published: August 12, 2008
The Future of Fair Trade
Fresh Cup Magazine
By JULIE BEALS
Published: October 2007
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