Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company is a leading-edge social change organization using high quality, organic specialty coffee as a vehicle for positive social, economic and environmental change throughout the coffeelands of Asia, Africa and the Americas. Dean's Beans builds relationships with farmer cooperatives and works directly with them to develop projects that address local needs based on problems with health, nutrition, and education. These projects increase family income, promote women's empowerment, and safe-guard human rights. The health and strength of these communities are integral to the success of Dean's Beans.