Birmingham, AL, 6/7/10 – Alabama’s first certified Organic and Fair Trade coffee roasting company Higher Ground Roasters has partnered with the Wilderness Society to offer three new specialty coffee blends where 10% of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to the Wilderness Society.

The Wilderness Society has, since 1935, led the conservation movement in wilderness protection, writing and passing the landmark Wilderness Act and winning lasting protection for 109 million acres of Wilderness, including 56 million acres of spectacular lands in Alaska, eight million acres of fragile desert lands in California and millions more throughout the nation.

The Wilderness Society Blends which include a medium, dark, and decaffeinated roast are available online at http://biturl.net/wildernessblend, or request them from your local market.

Friends at Higher Ground,

This is Emile Sendral.  I just wanted to send a big thanks to y’all for the coffee y’all have sent in the past. I think the thanks is a little past due on my part but it was very gracious of y’all either way.  I’m currently deployed with the Air Force and I’ve been introducing it to a lot of the guys, it basically sells itself but I’m trying to push it at the same time.  We’ve been drinking the Jones Valley Urban blend and its nice to wake up out here in the middle of a desert to the smell of it and at the same time its cool for me because its local.  The package says Jones Valley and it always brings memories of back home.  We’ve been brewing some of it also on our plane and its kinda surreal circling the skies of Afghanistan while drinking some coffee from Alabama…gotta love it.  Anyways, just wanted to say thanks again, take care.

Roll Tide,

Emile