Bolivia Honey

Our importer, Cafe Kreyol, has partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and producers native to the land on the edge of the Andes mountains, and bordering the Rainforest of the Madidi National Park (Amazon Forest). The land next to their farms is government-protected land, and together their sustainable business model was agreed upon and put into practice. With the help of WCS, these producers have established a model of agroforestry, where the top of each hill or mountain remains untouched. Farming takes place under the untouched canopy on the center portion of the slope, and toward the bottom where the land is slightly more cleared and farmed. By using agroforestry, their soil is self-regenerating and extraordinarily sustainable. Not only are these farms certified organic, but they also have been certified Smithsonian Bird Friendly, one of the toughest conservation certifications in existence. Instead of clearing rainforest, bird-friendly coffees grow underneath shade t