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A quick cuppa?

Like a lot of urban folk, I like to drink coffee. Organic coffee has a lot of positive health benefits - full of anti-oxidants, great for focus, prevents liver cancer and many other good health benefits in moderation. But finding out more about the story of global coffee made me rethink about this 'addiction': where I get coffee from; how it is produced; by whom and the carbon footprint involved. So I decided to grow it at home in Sydney. The 4 coffee trees have provided a new screen between our house and the neighbours' and this season's crop has provided 4 kilos of coffee and a lot of discussion and problem-solving with groups I work with here in my urban food forest. The final product is delicious but serving size and quantity has reduced as we reflect upon the work and time involved to harvest and process the beautiful cherries. We enjoy it slowly and I have great pleasure in sharing it.

Michele Margolis


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Principle 4: Apply self regulation & accept feedback. Proverb: The sins of the fathers are visited on the children of the seventh generation