THE FUTURE IS FOR THE CHILDREN
OF THE
SIERRA MANANTLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE
SIERRA ALTA DE LA COSTA SUR SPECIALTY COFFEE IS A TRANSPARENT CONDUIT WORKING FOR THE COFFEE GROWER CO-OPS TO MARKET AND DISTRIBUTE THEIR EXPORT QUALITY ORGANIC COFFEE BEANS.
FOUNDED BY A MEXICAN COFFEE GROWER AND A COFFEE LOVING FOOL IN 2002. AN EFFORT TO MARKET THE ORGANIC COFFEE THAT HAS BEEN GROWING FOR OVER 150 YEARS ON HIS FAMILIES FARM HIGH IN THE EJIDO AYOTITLAN OF JALISCO, MEXICO.
NINETY PERCENT OF ALL PROCEEDS FROM COFFEE BEAN SALES ARE GIVIN TO THE FARMERS FAMILIES AND CO-OPS. SIERRA ALTA COFFEE DONATES SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS SHOES AND CLOTHING EACH YEAR. THE LAST TWO YEARS SIERRA ALTA WAS ABLE TO DONATE A COMPUTER FOR USE IN THE VILLAGE OF CHANQUIAHUILT.
SIERRA ALTA COFFEE WAS HELPFUL IN EDUCATING CO-OP MEMBERS ABOUT THE CARE AND QUALITY CONTROLS NEEDED FOR THE SPECIALTY COFFEE MARKET. A FEASABILITY STUDY USING THIS INFORMATION WAS COMPILED RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COFFEE PROSESSING FACILITY CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE SIERRA MANANTLAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN THE SMALL TOWN OF CHANCOL, A CENTER FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THE UNION OF COFFEE GROWER CO-OPS.
SIERRA ALTA COFFE IS ASSISTING LOCAL RESIDENTS ESTABLISH AN ECO-TOUR BUSINESS OFFERING TOURS INTO THE SIERRA MANANTLAN BIOSHERE RESERVE. WITH PLANS IN PROGRESS RUSTIC CABANAS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR MULTI-DAY EXCURTIONS INTO THE COFFEE GROWING REGIONS TO VISIT REMOTE COFFEE PLOTS ON HORSEBACK OR HIKING IN ON FOOT VISITORS WILL SEE THE INDIGENOUS COFFEE FARMERS LIVING AS THEY HAVE FOR GENERATIONS ON THE FORESTED SLOPRS OF THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL OF WESTERN JALISCO.
THESE EFFORTS ARE TO REALIZE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF INCOME AND A MORE DIVERSE REVENUE BASE SO WHEN THE COFFEE MARKET DROPS OUT AGAIN THEY WONT HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE POVERTY AND DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMILY UNITS AS THE BREAD WINNERS MIGRATE TO THE CITIES OR RISK ILLEGALLY CROSSING INTO THE UNITED STATES TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES BACK IN MEXICO.
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