Whimsical - Producer Info

The Women Producer coffee from CODECH (Coordinator of Organizations for the Development of Concepcion Huista) is a special program and coffees in this lot are 100% from female-owned or female-managed farms. The female growers are paid a premium to have their lots separated out for this specific offering and the premiums are used in part by the women of CODECH to support health initiatives in the community. Half of the premium is collected for a women's health workshop in the municipality of Concepcion Huista, which has a high infant-mortality rate.

Unfortunately there have historically been legal obstacles to women owning their own farms and/or becoming card-holding cooperative members in Guatemala. As a result, some of the producing associations with which my green coffee importer works have begun separating out female growers' coffee to sell separately as part of their Women Coffee Producers program. This ensures a gender-equity premium paid directly to the women.