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I know the issue you're thinking of, Sept/Oct 2007. I have it here. By KC O'Keefe at Inteligentsia. Looks like the roaster/buyer in the article is Full City Coffee in Eugene, OR. (Roast only, no prices on their website.)

In the article they even provide a sample form to use for documenting all the details of the sale from both sides. A great challenge. A transparent contract like that would certainly answer all questions... if it were available.

I'm a dreamer trying to look at costs from the perspective of the people who picked 5 pounds of cherries to get 1 pound of beans and made 10 cents. So it seems like everybody else who wants to pull a dime out of the deal needs to have a good reason. I'm just never comfortable being an ignorant American consumer, but I know there's not much I can do about it. Does Wallmart sell green beans?