La Morena

La Morena is a program with over 800 women farmers spanning the coffee-growing regions of Huehuetenango and Baja Verapaz to give female coffee growers access to the global supply chain and to address gender inequality in coffee farming. The growers enjoyed success from that introduction to the market and their coffees and their coffees became highly sought after.

Huehuetenango coffee is grown at heights up to 6,500 feet (2,000masl) in dry and frost-free conditions. By necessity, farmers in this highly remote area often set up their own mills along the many rivers to process their coffee.

Guatemala owes its distinctive, mountainous topography, lush rain forests, biodiversity and its coffee to massive volcanic activity. Volcanic peaks and mountains roll across the country and carve out Guatemala’s unique coffee-growing regions. The mountain ranges help to create the country’s unique micro-climates. Together with the rich soil left behind in the wake of immense volcanic activity, Guatemala has the ideal conditions for coffee production