Almond * Dark Chocolate * Lingering
With 777 Mayan farmers holding small plots on remote mountainsides in the Chiapan highlands, Yachil Xojobal Chu’lchan (“new light in the sky” in Tzeltal) exports over 130 tons of high-quality coffee each year, though recent yields have been diminished by the impacts of la roya. A defining characteristic of Yachil is their progressive, political position of solidarity with the Zapatista movement, struggling for autonomy and respect for indigenous rights. Partners since: 2006