Public radio’s longest-running daily global news program.
©2025 The World from PRX
PRX is a 501(c)(3) organization recognized by the IRS: #263347402.
“Javatrekker” Dean Cycon has traveled the globe in search of coffee: from Papua New Guinea to Peru. He finds there’s much more to a cup of joe than meets the nostrils and taste-buds. In his new book, “Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade C
Dean Cycon believes coffee farmers should receive a living wage and has traveled the world to help build the fair trade movement. Cycon imports and sells coffee under the name “Dean’s Beans” and recently wrote a book about his adventures in the coffee trade called “Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee.” He joins host Steve Curwood.