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Solar Roast Coffee on Business Unconventional

Jan. 20, 2013 -Each Friday, Business Unconventional invites guests into the 710 KNUS studios to record interviews to be aired on upcoming shows.   Business Unconventional attracts an eclectic group of successful business owners and entrepreneurs.

Home Power Magazine: Solar Coffee Update, August 2008

September / August of 2008
Home Power Magazine: “Solar Coffee Update” A short feature article on our unique Helios 4 solar roasting system.  This is a followup from our 2005 article in Home Power Magazine.

Radio Interview on with The Energy Dude, May 2009

May 2, 2009David Hartkop is interviewed on Talkshoe.com internet radio by The Energy Dude. The show can be heard on Talkshoe as show #40649.

Images of Pueblo, 2010

2010 Year
Images of Pueblo, Colorado: Page 30. “Green Growth” Magazine features a nice picturesque article on SRC and Pueblo.

PEDCO Grant for Solar Roaster, Nov. 2010

November 9, 2010
Solar Roast Coffee receives financial support from Pueblo's economic development corporation, PEDCo. Pueblo pledges up to $100,000 in a partial matching fund for Solar Roast Coffee to build its next generation solar coffee roaster.

Food Network Magazine, April 2010

April 2010
Food Network Magazine featured Solar Roast Coffee, putting Pueblo Colorado on the US map!  Solar Roast Coffee listed among innovative US businesses offering unique and eco-friendly dining experiences.

Popular Science Magazine, May 2011

April 15, 2011
Solar Roast Coffee's Helios 4 solar coffee roaster is featured in Popular Science Magazine.  Read the interview with David Hartkop, machine builder. (See May 2011 issue, pg. 82)

Solar Roast Coffee on PBS!

October 5, 2012

Solar Roast Coffee was featured as a highlight among the economically downturned in the latest installment of PBS's " Need to Know: Main Street America"  by Ray Saurez. 

Go to this website to view the program:  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/video/video-need-to-know-october-5-...

 

Costco Connection Magazine: Solar Roast Coffee harnesses the power of the sun

By Irene Middleman Thomas
Published in Costco Connection Magazine
August 2012, p.29-30

DAVID HARTKOP, 30, a special-effects cinematographer with previous jobs in electronics, welding and metalwork, and his brother Mike, 33, a coffee-loving businessman, might not have seemed likely partners in a risky, first-of-its-kind entrepreneurial endeavor. But in 2004, after attending college, these Costco members decided to join forces to create a solar-heated coffee roaster.

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