This week I will have as my guest Boake Moore of Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee (www.missiongrounds.com). Boake is one of the founders of mission grounds, a coffee company which sells Fair Trade Coffee from impoverished regions in order to benefit the most innocent victims of poverty-children. Since the organization is a non-profit corporation, all profits fo directly to help children’s missions in countries such as Costa Rica, Venesuela, and Africa. Mission Grounds Coffee-called the “Coffee with a Divine Purpose� because of the missionary work funded by the product-can be bought through their website, at one of many churches in a nationwide network, and at nine Kroger grocery stores in the metro Atlanta area.

On Tuesday, August 29 I am pleased to have Marcia Bansley be my guest on the show. Marcia is the Executive Director of Trees Atlanta (www.treesatlanta.org).  Trees Atlanta, founded over 19 years ago, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the urban forests of the metro Atlanta area. Though metro Atlanta has been recognized by the Forest Service as “The most heavily forested area in the countryâ€?, the city’s astounding growth has been pushing out many of the trees for which the “Green Cityâ€? is known. Trees Atlanta has been at the forefront of preserving and expanding the number and vitality of trees in the city for many years with Marcia at the helm since 1985. Before becoming the Executive Director for Trees Atlanta, Marcia had worked for SunTrust Bank and had been a law clerk for the Enviornmental Protection Agency. She has also served as an advisor on urban forests to the U.S secretary of Agriculture, been a co-founder of the Alliance for Community Trees, and won numerous prestigious awards for her untiring work. Her passion for the value of urban forests has had a visible impact on the green city she loves.