Poor Farmer

The 24 workers at issue were from Michoacan and were legally brought to the United States to work for Kona Coffee Grounds under the H2-A visa program for temporary agricultural workers. Under the program, growers agree to pay workers a set wage and provide a minimum amount of work as well as housing. The company paid $25,290 in back wages to the workers for those alleged violations of the H2-A. Trotter said it was also fined $21,000 for asking workers to sign a document signing away their rights to back wages should the company be found to violate the rules of the program. By AP via Canadian Business October 12, 2011 HONOLULU (AP) — A Kona coffee grower has paid more than $46,000 in fines and back wages over its treatment of coffee pickers from Mexico following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor. The department announced the action on Wednesday and hinted that it hopes it sends a message to other growers to follow the rules protecting migrant worke...

ThirdAge October 12, 2011 Coffee may reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to new findings published in Breast Cancer research. A new study carried out by Swedish researchers at the Karolinska Institute revealed there is a direct correlation between high daily intakes of coffee and developing a sub-type of breast tumor called estrogen-receptor negative breast cancer. Participants included 6,000 Swedish women. Findings indicated women who drank five or more cups of coffee daily lowered their risk of estrogen-receptor negative breast cancer by 57%. However, this study does not prove cause and effect, only that there's a link between drinking coffee and ER-negative breast cancer, researchers noted. Researchers at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania tested antioxidant levels of a variety of foods and found coffee to be the number one source of antioxidants in the American diet, MSNBC reports.  Results suggest antioxidants may play a role in reducin...