I'd definitely second the recommendation to roast your own. Green beans are cheap, and the you can't really have better control over freshness. Hackers interested in roasting their own should probably just grab a cheap $15–20 hot air popcorn popper. You can actually get a great, consistent (if rushed) roast. I've migrated to bigger, slower machines, but can't say they always do a better job.

I have enough empty 155 lb coffee sacks to make a yurt.

Roasting your own doesn't equal better coffee. Roasting is a skill and not everyone has it.

Never said to the contrary, but skills can be acquired, and roasting is one of the easier ones to work on.

If you can cook, you can roast coffee. It's not that hard. My advice to new cooks and coffee roasters is the same. Eat your mistakes.