Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee

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Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Sustainability Actions

Founded on social justice

When Dean Cycon started Dean’s Beans in 1993, he set out to prove that a for-profit business could create meaningful change through ethical business practices rooted in respect for the earth, the farmer, our co-workers and the consumer.

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Funds grassroots projects

With the profits from our coffee sales, we design and fund grassroots development projects in the communities where we buy our beans, in partnership with the farmers who know better than anyone how to help their own communities.

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Roasts organic coffee

We meticulously roast organic, Fair Trade coffee almost every day. At Dean’s Beans, environmental sustainability and the sustainability of the specialty coffee industry is a founding tenet of our company, and to this end, we are 100% committed to sourcing organic coffee.

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Uses organic processing

We are certified as an organic processor by Baystate Organic Certifiers. Processor certification requires us to document and keep a complete audit trail from the farm to the customer for every ounce of coffee, chocolate or sugar that passes through our doors.

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Supports Bird Friendly coffee

When it aligns with our current list of cooperative partners, we are committed to purchasing SMBC certified lots of Bird Friendly® coffee. If a coop is not yet certified to produce Bird Friendly® coffee, but they possess the tools and practices to do so, we commit to helping them achieve their SMBC certification.

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Built a solar roasting facility

We brew great coffee and create real change through: Long Term Relationships, Shade-grown and Bird Friendly Coffee, Direct Farm-to-Roaster Trading, a Solar-Powered Roasting Facility, People-Centered Community Development Programs, in the coffeelands and here at home, Organic Certification.

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B Corp recognition

Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company is a certified B Corporation, solidifying our place in the world as a “business for good”. In 2019, we were honored as a Best for the World Honoree “Best for the Community 2019.”

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Reforestation in Sumatra

In early 2019, we began work with the Redalong Cooperative in Sumatra on a major reforestation project in an effort to certify the first SMBC Bird Friendly® coffee in Sumatra.

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What do our labels mean?

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Certified B Corporation

About Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee

  • Status
  • Unverified
  • Employees
  • 5 - 25
  • Country
  • United States