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Jackson O'Brien's avatar

1: excellent article. Really well thought out and some excellent questions asked that I, too, would love to see answered.

2: a helpful resource (that maybe you already know about or maybe not) about the rise of Direct Trade coffee as a sourcing practice is the 2008 book "God In A Cup" by Michaele Weissman

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Sarah Cooke's avatar

Really great article, Ashley. The rise of private equity firms in company ownership—like you said, it's not like the extra cash is going towards sustainable investments. (Although I wish it would!) I hope that people with experience in that industry do reach out, as I'm curious to hear the on-the-ground perspective about what acquisitions actually entail: the scouting for where to invest / acquire; the contract negotiations; the amount of control retained (or lost) in the resulting deal.

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