Guatemala Fuego Cooperativa Nahuala

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Roast: MEDIUM | Body: MEDIUM | Acidity: MODERATE
Volcanic, organic coffee from the village of Pasac via Cooperativa Nahualá of Guatemala. Rich as brownie batter, the buttery finish of this outstanding brew will fuel your spirit and light your fire.

Region: Central America
Name of Cooperative: Cooperatíva Nahualá
Number of members: 141
Altitude: 1200-1500 meters

FAIR TRADE IMPACT:

Education: With Fair Trade premiums, the Nahualá
cooperative provides scholarships for member
children to attend local schools.

Technical Assistance: Training and assistance
helps to improve the quality of the land and coffee.
They have installed a worm farm to provide all
members with rich organic fertilizer.

Income Diversification: In order to diversify
income sources, members have begun producing
and selling honey and organic bananas.

Environment: Cooperative members participate
in a river clean up and a large reforestation project
in Ixtacapa River area.

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Guatemala's lush volcanic soil produces some of the world's finest coffees. The character of the highland Mayan farmers resembles their coffee: Colorful, elegant, powerful.

Resting at the base of volcano Pacul, Cooperativa Nahualá brings together nearly the whole community of 126 farming families. With Fair Trade dividends, cooperative members have received training and assistance to improve the quality of their land and coffee and have participated in a river clean up and reforestation project in the Ixtacapa River area. Every afternoon and weekend you will find kids playing in the river and climbing trees.

Through Fair Trade, families have also begun to be able to diversify into producing and selling honey and organic bananas. Beekeeping and coffee farming share a symbiotic relationship with the honeybee insuring pollination of the coffee crop. In tradition and celebration of Semana Santa and the beginning of the coffee flowering season, the Nahualá community smells of fresh wood oven baked bread and recently harvested honey being traded with neighbors and friends.

The Nahualá cooperative encourages education in their community and provides scholarships that allow member children to attend local schools.

With more students graduating from school, several young community leaders are enrolling in university, nearly unheard of for the indigenous population in Guatemala. They hope to become community leaders and further facilitate the development and diversification of the community.