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San Juan

San Juan hosts the La Voz Coffee Cooperative, where local farmers cultivate and sort coffee beans essential to quality control and export. This cooperative supports smallholder growers by offering resources and market access, underpinning the regional economy in the Guatemalan highlands.

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Photos from San Juan

Coffee sacks stacked at La Voz cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala.
La Voz Que Clama en el Desierto cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, stores bagged coffee for local processing and distribution. The cooperative is part of the small-scale coffee economy on the south shore of Lake Atitlán.
La Voz coffee sacks in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, marked for export.
La Voz Que Clama en el Desierto cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, bags and stores coffee for export. The sacks are marked with production and weight information for commercial shipment.
La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, sorts green coffee beans by hand.
La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, sorts green coffee beans for specialty production. Workers remove defective beans before roasting or export as part of the cooperative’s quality-control process.
La Voz Coffee Cooperative path in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, between coffee plants and shade trees.
La Voz Coffee Cooperative in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, manages coffee plots and walking paths on the slopes above Lake Atitlán. The cooperative is part of the local coffee economy in this Tz’utujil Maya town. Its shaded trails provide access to growing areas in the plantation.

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