Description

Guatemala produces some of the world’s finest and most distinctive coffees. The country’s unique coffee producing regions have gained a positive and well known reputation in the industry. Coffee is Guatemala’s number one export contributing to the country’s growing economic status.

Huehuetenango is a municipality in the western highlands of Guatemala, running up to the border with Mexico and encompassing a lot of microclimates across its hills and valleys. Members of the Todosantarita cooperative are based in San Antonio Huista on the hills of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, the highest non-volcanic mountain range in Central America. Todosantarita stands for ‘All Saints’ and refers to the infamous 1st November celebration of Saints that centralize around a yearly horse race.

In March 1986, 17 people created a group that was the precursor to Todosantarita and with the help and expertise of Fedecocagua, Todosantarita cooperative was formally set up 6 years later. Since its inception, they have been able to improve to infrastructure with the building and/or repair of roads, and this led to a school. Library, clinic and drinking water improvements too. The Cooperative now consists of 131 members.