C as in Commodity / Colombia El Paraiso

 The Letter C Commodity and Community are the key words to consider on this cassette. Lucia Bawot was interviewed to discuss the process of their creative work, We Belong, that visually captures narratives of Colombian Women Farmers. The book is translated in both English and Spanish side-by-side. We discuss that organization as well as the commodity and specialty sector at large. We also talked about a campaign headed up by Lucia that takes on the challenge of making mental health services accessible for women farmers in Colombia.  The music was graciously provided by the Colombian cumbia/psychedelc/rock band, BALTHVS. They were just in Memphis last year and it would be an absolute treat to hear them preform live. Check out their works here: https://balthvs.com/ Pairing the coffee for this tape was tricky. The normal purchasing channels/partners  and the inventory on hand were exclusively specialty grade coffee and, therefore, did not reflect what is discussed on the tape. Figuring o