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Rio Azul (Cooperative Agricola y de Servicios Varios "Rio Azul")
| Fast Facts on Rio Azul 169 Members - All live near Jacaltenango 76 Members are enrolled in the organic certification program Annual Production - Approximately 160,000 pounds of green coffee About 50% of Coffee is Certified Organic or in 3rd year of transition to Organic Founded in 19xx, Joined FLO register in 1992, Organic Certified in 2005 Altitude of plots between 1,300 and 1,500 ft 28 members participate in bee keeping project - produce over 15,000 lbs of honey Local Language - Mayan group Jacaltec often called Popti Future Plans - Expand membership, expand alternative income programs |
| Located in the remote western Guatemala town of Jacatenango, Coop Rio Azul is a 169 member cooperative. Founded in 19xx, the cooperative has a long history of producing some of the best coffee exported under the famed “Huehuetenango” mark. | |
| The members of Rio Azul all live no more than a 1.5 hour walk to the wet mill in Jacaltenango. This allows the cooperative complete control over several stages of the quality process. Coffee is picked by members until early afternoon and then delivered in cherry form to the mill each day beginning around 3 pm. All coffee is depulped, fermented, washed and dried at the coop's mill. Adjacent to the mill is a warehouse and office - capable of storing about 500 sacks of pergamino. Once a container quantity of pergamino is accumulated, a tranfer to the exporter's warehouse in the city of Huehuetenango (4 hours away) is organized. This coffee is then transferred to Guatemala City for final processing and export preparation in an organic dry mill. |  |
The altitude of the plots farmed by members of Rio Azul ranges from 1,200 meters to 1,600 meters. All of the production will be graded SHB (the best grade available) due to the carefully attention given in the central processing facility and the excellent conditions for growing coffee in this area. Rio Azul receives assistance from Oxfam in the form of capacity building grants to provide technical processing and administrative training. | |
 | An alternative income project to raise bees for improved
pollenation and honey production has been quite successful. Twenty
eight farmers currently participate and each manages 10 boxes. They
typically produce about 50 pounds of honey resulting in annual honey
production for the coop of over 15,000 pounds. All members of the cooperative are of the Mayan group Jacaltec, also commonly called Pobp’ al Ti’ or Popti. About 40,000 people speak this language – most living in the Guatemala department of Huehuetenango with some living just across the border in Chiapas, Mexico. The cooperative's meetings are conducted in Popti as well as Spanish. |
| Cooperative Coffees will import one container (about 41,000 pounds) of coffee in 2006 from Rio Azul and intends to purchase two containers in 2007. |
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Fast Facts on Rio Azul 169 Members - All live near Jacaltenango 76 Members are enrolled in the organic certification program Annual Production - Approximately 160,000 pounds of green coffee About 50% of Coffee is Certified Organic or in 3rd year of transition to Organic Founded in 19xx, Joined FLO register in 1992, Organic Certified in 2005 Altitude of plots between 1,300 and 1,500 ft 28 members participate in bee keeping project - produce over 15,000 lbs of honey Local Language - Mayan group Jacaltec often called Popti Future Plans - Expand membership, expand alternative income programs |
| Located in the remote western Guatemala town of Jacatenango, Coop Rio Azul is a 169 member cooperative. Founded in 19xx, the cooperative has a long history of producing some of the best coffee exported under the famed “Huehuetenango” mark. | |
| The members of Rio Azul all live no more than a 1.5 hour walk to the wet mill in Jacaltenango. This allows the cooperative complete control over several stages of the quality process. Coffee is picked by members until early afternoon and then delivered in cherry form to the mill each day beginning around 3 pm. All coffee is depulped, fermented, washed and dried at the coop's mill. Adjacent to the mill is a warehouse and office - capable of storing about 500 sacks of pergamino. Once a container quantity of pergamino is accumulated, a tranfer to the exporter's warehouse in the city of Huehuetenango (4 hours away) is organized. This coffee is then transferred to Guatemala City for final processing and export preparation in an organic dry mill. | |
| The altitude of the plots farmed by members of Rio Azul ranges from 1,200 meters to 1,600 meters. All of the production will be graded SHB (the best grade available) due to the carefully attention given in the central processing facility and the excellent conditions for growing coffee in this area. Rio Azul receives assistance from Oxfam in the form of capacity building grants to provide technical processing and administrative training. | |
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An alternative income project to raise bees for improved pollenation and honey production has been quite successful. Twenty eight farmers currently participate and each manages 10 boxes. They typically produce about 50 pounds of honey resulting in annual honey production for the coop of over 15,000 pounds. All members of the cooperative are of the Mayan group Jacaltec, also commonly called Pobp’ al Ti’ or Popti. About 40,000 people speak this language – most living in the Guatemala department of Huehuetenango with some living just across the border in Chiapas, Mexico. The cooperative's meetings are conducted in Popti as well as Spanish. |
| Cooperative Coffees will import one container (about 41,000 pounds) of coffee in 2006 from Rio Azul and intends to purchase two containers in 2007. | |
| Fast Facts on Rio Azul 169 Members - All live near Jacaltenango 76 Members are enrolled in the organic certification program Annual Production - Approximately 160,000 pounds of green coffee About 50% of Coffee is Certified Organic or in 3rd year of transition to Organic Founded in 19xx, Joined FLO register in 1992, Organic Certified in 2005 Altitude of plots between 1,300 and 1,500 ft 28 members participate in bee keeping project - produce over 15,000 lbs of honey Local Language - Mayan group Jacaltec often called Popti Future Plans - Expand membership, expand alternative income programs |
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 Located in the remote western Guatemala town of
Jacatenango, Coop Rio Azul is a 169 member cooperative. Founded in 19xx, the cooperative has a long history of producing some
of the best coffee exported under the famed “Huehuetenango” mark.The members of Rio Azul all live no more than
a 1.5 hour walk to the wet mill in Jacaltenango. This allows the cooperative complete control over several stages of the
quality process. Coffee is picked by members until early afternoon and then delivered in cherry form to the mill each day
beginning around 3 pm. All coffee is depulped, fermented, washed and dried at the coop's mill. Adjacent to the mill is
a warehouse and office - capable of storing about 500 sacks of pergamino. Once a container quantity of pergamino is
accumulated, a tranfer to the exporter's warehouse in the city of Huehuetenango (4 hours away) is organized. This coffee is
then transferred to Guatemala City for final processing and export preparation in an organic dry mill.
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| The altitude of the plots farmed by members of Rio Azul ranges from 1,200 meters to 1,600 meters. All of the production will be graded SHB (the best grade available) due to the carefully attention given in the central processing facility and the excellent conditions for growing coffee in this area. Rio Azul receives assistance from Oxfam in the form of capacity building grants to provide technical processing and administrative training. | |
 An alternative income project to raise bees forimproved pollenation and honey production has been quite successful. Twenty eight farmers currently participate and each manages 10 boxes. They typically produce about 50 pounds of honey resulting in annual honey production for the coop of over 15,000 pounds. All members of the cooperative are of the Mayan group Jacaltec, also commonly called Pobp’ al Ti’ or Popti. About 40,000 people speak this language – most living in the Guatemala department of Huehuetenango with some living just across the border in Chiapas, Mexico. The cooperative's meetings are conducted in Popti as well as Spanish. Cooperative Coffees will import one container (about 41,000 pounds) of coffee in 2006 from Rio Azul and intends to purchase two containers in 2007. |
Fast Facts on Rio Azul
169 Members - All live near Jacaltenango
76 Members are enrolled in the organic certification program
Annual Production - Approximately 160,000 pounds of green coffee
About 50% of Coffee is Certified Organic or in 3rd year of transition to Organic
Founded in 19xx, Joined FLO register in 1992, Organic Certified in 2005
Altitude of plots between 1,300 and 1,500 ft
28 members participate in bee keeping project - produce over 15,000 lbs of honey
Local Language - Mayan group Jacaltec often called Popti
Future Plans - Expand membership, expand alternative income programs
Rio Azul 2006 Organic Certification
| Lot No. | Contract | ICO Mark | Bill of Lading | Invoice | Organic Transaction Cert |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUR61 | GUR61_Con | | | ||
| GUT61 | GUT61_Con |
