Good News from the Just Trade Center and Cafe Justo July 2017

The Just Trade Center and Café Justo

www.justcoffee.org

www.fronteradecristo.org/

Cafe Justo y Mas Baristas and Staff

On July 1, we celebrated the first anniversary of Cafe Justo y Mas! Frontera de Cristo has been honored to partner with Cafe Justo, CRREDA and our community to make Cafe Justo y Mas a reality!

Goals of the coffee shop and successes in first year:

1. Increase the local sales of Cafe Justo-- +500% increase;

2. Provide a supportive work environment for people in recovery from drugs and alcohol-- 5 persons;

3. Provide a drug free space for youth and adolescents to gather-- both informally as youth and young adults gather to do homework or just meet up and formally with workshops on community service, climate change, art etc.young people in Agua Prieta have come to know Cafe Justo y Mas as a place to be;

4. Provide space for cultural and artistic events-- music, photography, pottery, ballet folklorico and more . . .

We look forward to continuing to expand the impact of Cafe Justo y Mas in our second year and hope that you can join us!

Click here to see more pictures of the 1st Year Celebration

Join Us In Celebration of the

15th Anniversary of Cafe Justo!

Sustainability Revolving Fund

Two-thirds of the energy needed for Cafe Justo y Mas and Cafe Justo is now provided by the sun thanks to the FDC Sustainabilty Revolving Fund and a loan from Trinity Presbyterian Church Tucson, AZ. The Sustainability was begun with a generous donation from the Medical Sisters of Mercy in Double Adobe. We hope to have 100% of the electricity needs covered by the end of the year.

Click here to donate to the Sustainability Revolving Fund.

Feliz Cumple ños

"Don Gato"!

Join us in giving thanks to God for the life of Don Arnulfo Lopez aka "Don Gato" who celebrated his 90th birthday on July 18. Don Gato is a founder of Cafe Justo. After he "retired", his son, Alonso, returned home to work the family coffee fields and now is the treasurer of the cooperative. Don Gato stays active tending his nursery of coffee plants that insure that we will have delicious coffee for years to come.

Click here to see more images of Don Gato and his nursery.

Café Justo receives Organic Product Certification

Cafe Justo has always grown its coffee organically and in 2007 received organic certification for its cultivation practices. However, to be able to put the certification label on its bags, the roasting process (in addition to the cultivation process) has to be certified-- a long and expensive process.

We are thankful to the Presbyterian Hunger Program for the grant that made possible this certification.

With this document you can be assured that the coffee we use in each drink as well as the one sold to you to prepare at home, is 100 % Organic.

Congratulations to the entire team of Café Justo, Café Justo y Más , the coffee growers of Salvador Urbina and Aguila in Chiapas and to our customers that with their preference motivate us to be better every day for this great achievement !!

From the Video Archives:
Cafe Justo y Mas Dedication
June 2016

Now for sale Café Justo y Mas apparel.

Just Coffee Books - $10.00

Coffee Mugs - $7.00

Café Justo y Más t-shirts $12.00

adult sizes (small, medium,

large and extra large).

Café Justo y Más tote bags $15.00

All proceeds from sales go to development of the Café Justo y Más Coffee Shop.

Please make checks payable to: Frontera de Cristo Just Trade Center or you may go to the FDC donation website and write order in memo line.

Visit Enough for Everyone by clicking here

Sweat-Free T-shirts

Enough For Everyone provides resources for the church regarding lifestyle integrity, green living and responsible consumerism at church and at home. It is a ministry of the Presbyterian Hunger Program and includes the Sweat Free T program.

We print a lot of T-shirts. Unfortunately, almost all of the apparel readily available to us in stores was produced in sweatshops. The good news is that sweatshop-free shirts are available from Enough For Everyone partner, ready to print with your group's logo or design. Whether you're creating shirts for your youth group, upcoming mission trip, presbytery summer camp, congregational celebration or special event, put your faith in practice by choosing Sweat-Free Ts!

Learn more about Sweat-Free Ts and Enough for Everyone go to their website by clicking here.

Discover the Difference Banners

Order your Now!!!

The prices are as follows:

36x24 vinyl that can be rolled up: $16.00*

36x24 plastic signboard: $24.00*

48x36 vinyl that can be rolled: $18.00*

48x36 plastic signboard: $42.00*

*Includes Shipping

Click here to order your banner please indicate which size you would like and shipping address.

Thank you for sharing in the vision of Café Justo, for drinking and promoting their delicious coffee, for helping families stay together!

What Café Justo Means Videos

The Just Trade Center in collaboration with Stanley Leary is developing a series of videos and visual resources to help interpret the connections between coffee, migration and faith.

Please share these videos with your friends and family via social media or through sending an email with the link and let them know why you are a Café Justo supporter.

Carmina Sanchez - English Translation

"Café Justo is part of a permanent solution to a problem that has been very enduring in the United States and Mexico."--Joshua Ediger, manager of Cafe MCC in

Quick Links

Please put Just Trade Center in the memo when making your secure donation.

Just Trade Center Goals for 2016

Develop a coffee shop in partnership with CRREDA and Café Justo;
Expand our church-based partnerships to increase sales by 10,000;
Facilitate 2 Taste of Chiapas events;
Continue developing interpretive materials to help folks understand the connections between coffee, faith and migration;
Facilitate two Border to Border: Coffee, Migration and Faith Delegations in the fall;
Facilitate at least two virtual conferences with Cafe Justo promoters and Cafe Justo personnel to share best practices, give feedback and impact statements;
Publish a book of professional photos and reflections titled: Coffee, Migration and Faith

$300 Gift Certificate

for Border to Border Delegation

Click Here to take the "What Do You Know About Café Justo? Quiz". Send in your answers to [email protected] for a chance to win a $400 gift certificate for this year's Border to Border Delegation November 6-14, 2015.