Community
From the beginning, we have embraced our commitment to local arts and social change. From our many sponsorships of community arts organizations and beloved Rebel Blend Fund to our work with the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) in Burundi and the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) in Portland.
The Arts & Social Change
Rebel Blend Fund
For every pound of Rebel Blend coffee sold or brewed at Coffee By Design coffeehouses during the year, $1 is donated to the Rebel Blend Fund.
Every year CBD accepts proposals from Maine artists and/or small arts organizations whose projects may fall between the funding cracks. A committee made up of CBD staff members awards several grants. The Rebel Blend committee looks for thought-provoking projects that have the potential to engage people across the state in meaningful conversation.
The Rebel Blend Fund application form is available online or at any Coffee By Design coffeehouse. This year, applications will be accepted from July 1 – September 15, 2017. Awards will be announced in October.
Three Rebel Blend Grants were awarded in 2016:
240 Strings The newly formed 501c3 organization brings classical music into the lives of children living in low-income households by providing instruments and music lessons for one year.
LumenARRT!, a project by the Artists’ Rapid Response Team (ARRT!), uses large-scale video projections to present social, economic, and environmental justice messages at demonstrations, press conferences, and rallies.
New Fruit is a women-run artist collective that urges a discourse of ideas and risk among collective members, artists, and audiences who identify as women, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
Coffee Partners
Wholesale Partners
Coffee By Design’s wholesale partners help us share our handcrafted coffee throughout the state of Maine—and other states too! We service a wide range of businesses, including restaurants and hotels, cafes and bakeries, schools and churches, markets and workplaces. Here’s just a sampling of our partners:
- 158 Pickett Street Cafe
- Back Bay Grill
- Bayside American Cafe
- Becky’s Diner
- Boone’s Fish House & Oyster Room
- Bow Street Market
- Cafe Creme
- Coffee ME Up
- David’s 388
- Fore Street
- Grace Restaurant
- Green Elephant
- The Grill Room
- The Holy Donut
- IDEXX
- Inn By The Sea
- L.L.Bean
- Little Dog Cafe
- Lois’ Natural Marketplace
- Maine College of Art
- Maplefields
- Maple’s
- Portland Food Co-op
- The Press Hotel
- Rí Rá
- Rosemont Market & Bakery
- Rusty Lantern
- Scratch Baking Co.
- Sebasco Harbor Resort
- Standard Baking Co.
- Street and Company
- Sunday River
- TIQA
- UNUM
- University of Maine at Farmington
- University of Maine at Orono
- University of Southern Maine
- WEX
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Farm Partners
There is no Coffee By Design without the coffee bean farmers and co-ops we work with, located in a variety of regions across the globe. Our strong business relationships with them make for the best (and most socially responsible) coffee we can make for you.
Brazil
Farm/Co-op: Fazenda Agua LimpaRegion: Cerrado
Farmer: Don Sergio de Assis
Region: Minas Gerais
Farmer: Don Sergio Montavanine
Burundi
Farm/Co-op: International Women's Coffee Alliance, Burundi ChapterRegion: Ngozi
Chapter President: Isabelle Sinamenye
Colombia
Farm/Co-op: Hacienda La ArboledaRegion: Antioquia
Farmer: Gonzalo Alvarez
Costa Rica
Farm/Co-op: Hacienda La MinitaRegion: Tarrazú
Farmer: La Minita, Inc.
Region: Coto Brus
Farmer: La Minita, Inc.
Region: Santa María de Dota
Farmer: Minor Picado
Region: Tarrazú
Farmer: Rafael and Lucia Sanchez
El Salvador
Farm/Co-op: Finca Santa EmiliaRegion: Cerro El Tigre
Farmer: The Homberger Family
Ethiopia
Farm/Co-op: Nura Korate Cooperative, Sidamo Coffee Farmers Cooperative UnionRegion: Sidama
Co-op President: Tsegaye Anebo SCFCU
Guatemala
Farm/Co-op: Finca Los AndesRegion: Atitlán
Farmer: Olga and James Hazard
Honduras
Farm/Co-op: Capucas CooperativeRegion: Copan
Co-op President: Jose Omar Rodriguez
Indonesia
Farm/Co-op: SriwijayaRegion: Sumatra
Everything Guy: Ric Harinyato
MOFGA
Formed in 1971, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) is the oldest and largest state organic organization in the country. A business member since 2009, CBD supports MOFGA's mission to bring high quality, locally produced organic food to the Maine’s tables.