San Juan

Photographs from La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan La Laguna showing cultivation, trail access and on-site bean-sorting

San Juan

This set documents activities at La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, including coffee cultivation along cooperative trails and on-site processing. Photographs show fields, access routes used to reach plantations and workers sorting and drying beans at cooperative facilities. The images detail practical steps in quality control and the infrastructure cooperatives provide to smallholder producers. The set places cooperative operations within broader market and environmental pressures affecting Guatemalan coffee production.
Coffee Beans in San Juan Guatemala
March 4, 2020 — A woman sorts coffee beans at the La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan, Guatemala. Cooperatives like La Voz play a vital role in supporting smallholder coffee farmers by providing resources, training, and access to markets. This process of sorting is crucial for quality control, ensuring that only the best beans proceed to roasting and export. The cooperative's work contributes significantly to the local economy and the global coffee trade, highlighting the importance of community-based agricultural organizations in regions like the highlands of Guatemala.
La Voz Coffee Cooperative in Guatemala
March 4, 2020 — Coffee growing at the La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan Guatemala.
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