July 2009 Award-Bart Leonard

The Sonnenschein Green Initiative hosted the seventh ‘Green Evening Cafe’ in downtown Hohenwald on July 28, 2009. Becky Newbold of the Lewis County Herald presented the fourth Green Business Award for July 2009 to Bart Leonard, co-owner of the Buffalo River Coffee Company. Leonard talked about how the Coffee Company applies reduce, reuse, restore and recycle. Leonard’s business was started in an existing structure, their use of fair trade coffee and use of recycled and biodegradable products such as Green Ware cups and using coffee grounds in compost, all contribute to their sound environmental practice. Leonard and his wife Renea also offer used books and Internet service to the community.