So many of you wanted this coffee. We enjoyed reading about your love for coffee, the rain forest and animals of the rain forest. Thank you everyone who entered.
Now, who gets the free coffee? The lucky (randomly selected) Earth Day winners are:
Navi
Johannah
Heather S
Cindi
Cyndi L
The winners have been contacted via e-mail. 
The fun isn’t over yet. Please enter our other giveaways this week.
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Olive oil is so yummy, of course you want organic olive oil. It’s even better.
I’ve noticed that organic olive oil in many stores can get pricey, but I was happy to see Whole Foods offering a 33.8 fl oz bottle of organic olive oil for only $9.99. It’s part of their 365 Organic Everyday Value. It was on sale, but the regular price isn’t much more than $9.99 anyway.
Whole Foods also offers coffee, tea, flour and several more products in their 365 Organic line. Too bad I don’t live closer to them, but I go when I can.

What organic foods …read more

We’ve urged you to select Rainforest Alliance coffee in some of the Hug This Animal posts, such as the mountain gorilla post today and the bonobo post a few weeks ago. Now we’re making it easy to try Rainforest Alliance coffee from the famous Zabar’s of New York, our nice sponsor for this contest.
Five winners will be randomly chosen on Earth Day, April 22. Each lucky winner will receive one pound of RainForest Colombian coffee, roasted fresh at Zabar’s.
This is a very delicious coffee. I’ve been drinking it lately. And if you prefer light roasts, this is a perfect choice …read more

My dream job is to work with Koko the gorilla, but since I don’t live in the same area or know sign language, I’m going to write about Koko’s friends in the rain forest instead.
The subspecies of gorilla you’ve most likely encountered in a zoo is the western lowland gorilla. It belongs to the western gorilla species, which has several subspecies. The other main species of gorilla is the eastern gorilla, and the mountain gorilla is a subspecies of this group.
Since Dian Fossey studied mountain gorillas for many years, they are probably the best understood of all gorillas. The gorillas …read more

I held off on posting about the bonobo for a few weeks so it would not look like I’m petting my favorite animal too much, but alas, I can’t hold off another week.
No, it’s not a chimpanzee. It’s a bonobo!
Although bonobos have been called pygmy chimpanzees, their behavior is very different from chimps. They are more peaceful and are led by the females, instead of males. Bonobos really like, uh, making love for the sake of making love. That’s really unique in the animal kingdom. They also use this peaceful activity for conflict resolution. They’ve even been called …read more