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Coffee By Design Owner Honored for Farming Ties in 8 Countries
The council also gave its new Citizen Diplomat Award for the first time to Khaled Habash, whose Scenic Route Tours guides visiting global leaders.
Maine Business Wire reported on Coffee By Design on October 3, 2026.
October 3, 2026
Mary Allen Lindemann, who has run Coffee By Design for more than three decades, won the council's Bea Chapman Minott Award, presented since 1994, for building the Portland coffee company's buying relationships with farmer cooperatives in eight countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia.

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The council also gave its new Citizen Diplomat Award for the first time to Khaled Habash, whose Scenic Route Tours guides visiting global leaders.