Coffee is necessarily not local in the Continental United States. All coffee that is drunk in New York City is grown at least 1,000 miles away. But, coffee drinkers can still try to be conscious of how they get their coffee, by supporting local roasters and distributors, and making sure that the coffee was grown in a responsible manner.
Crop to Cup is a service that lets you trace your coffee to see where and how it was grown.
"We travel off the beaten path to bring exotic origins online and to your door.
After building relationships with farmer groups and export partners, we install processes at the farm-level to leverage email, GPS, video cameras, digital cameras, cell phone and video conference technologies to bridge the gap between farmers and their customers.
These simple technologies connect dedicated coffee farmers to interested coffee lovers, engaging them in a dialogue to determine what’s important to them both."