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Coffee hasn't always just been a pick-me-up. For many cultures, it was medicinal.

A closer look at the intertwined history of the coffee we drink and the work we do, how coffee has changed our understanding of the human body, and the possibility of rediscovering the pleasure of coffee.

A closer look at the intertwined history of the coffee we drink and the work we do, how coffee has changed our understanding of the human body, and the possibility of rediscovering the pleasure of coffee.

Highlights include a seed swap, two films, art exhibits, birds, author and nature talks, International Women's day, and a Mexo-Americana folk concert.

Posted on February 15, 2021 | Views: 509 cwebb2021-02-15T08:46:14-08:00 by Michael Pollan: Four hundred years ago, Coffea arabica, a tropical shrub bearing glossy green leaves and bright-red berries… was virtually unknown outside of the Arab world and the corner of Ethiopia where it had been discovered in the ninth century—by a goatherd who, legend has it, noticed that his animals would get frisky and stay up all night after nibbling its berries. In the years since people figured out that coffee could affect us in similar ways, the plant has done a great deal for our species, an...