Description
The Bella Vista municipality is located deep in the Chiapas region
of Mexico, and is the birthplace of Rosalba Cifuentes, the founder
of Mayan Harvest. Rosalba founded her organization (which has now
grown to 70 producers, 50 of whom are women) to work with coffee
producers in the area on improving harvesting and processing their
coffee to get more competitive prices. Many of these producers have
very little land, so these increased premiums make a significant
difference in the producers’ livelihoods. Mayan Harvest also provides
medical and dental assistance to its members as well.