Guatemala - Certified Organic

This Fairtrade coffee comes from Codech (Coordinator of Organizations for the Development of Concepcion Huista), located in the department of Huehuetenango in Guatemala and consists of Bourbon, Cattura, Pach, Catuai, and Typica. In 1998, the Alliance for Youth Community Development (ADEJUC in Spanish) arrived at Concepción Huista, Huehuetenango, and began lobbying with the different organizations working in the municipality with the purpose of forming an entity that would represent the social, political, economic, environmental and cultural interests of the municipality. That is how on August 19, 1999, CODECH began. CODECH currently consists of eight grassroots organizations, 6 of these have legal status and two recognized at the municipal level (Municipal organization and Magisterial Council of Women). In total, they account for almost 500 active members: 167 women and 326 men. In 2001, the board of CODECH began to strengthen, participating in training processes at the local, pr