Danny O'Keefe is a singer, songwriter, and activist. O'Keefe is best known for his recording of the top ten hit "Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues." In 1997, he established The Songbird Foundation.

The Songbird Foundation is a non-profit organization which seeks to raise awareness among coffee growers, distributors, retailers and consumers of the effect sun-grown coffee has on migratory songbirds and the Latin American forests on which they depend for essential habitat. The single greatest threat to migratory songbird survival is the surge in aggressive sun-grown coffee production --now the most popular method of growing coffee in Latin America.

The three legs of sustainability in coffee (organic, shade grown, and fair-trade) are essential to guarantee the long-term survival of the land, its flora and fauna, and the coffee growers, the true stewards of the land. The songbirds are indicators of the success of sustainability.

Find out more about the foundation at www.songbird.org, info@songbird.org or 1-888-607-BIRD.

Danny can be reached at:
oksongbird@worldnet.att.net

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