CLOUDS IN THE SKIES!
"GUATEMALAN COFFEE COOPERATIVE CONTINUES!!
THE RAINS HAVE BEGUN! COFFEE SEASON BEGINNING. IT DOES NOT
LOOK PROMISING THAT IT WILL BE A GOOD COFFEE HARVEST. PRICES
ON THE LOCAL AND WORLD MARKET DO NOT LOOK PROMISING.
PEOPLE DO CONTINUE TO MIGRATE NORTH! OUR MISSION AREA IS IN
COFFEE COUNTRY. WHEN OUR MISSION FIRST BEGAN IN THE SIXTIES,
A COFFEE COOPERATIVE WAS STARTED BY ONE OF THE PRIESTS! THAT
COOPERATIVE THRIVED, "THANKS" TO THE PEOPLES ENTHUSIASM, OTHER
COFFEE EXPERTS, AND COFFEE ASSOCIATION. THE NAME OF THE
COOPERATIVE IS NAHUALA R.L. THE COOPERAATIVE WAS FOUNDED BY,
FR. JAMES TACKES, OF THE DIOCESE OF HELENA AND OTHER LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITIES AND CATHOLIC CHURCH, IN 1964.
A GROUP OF WOMEN "SOCIOS", CONTINUE VERY ACTIVE. THEIR GROUP
IS REFERRED TO AS "FEMININE SOCIOS", AND ARE VERY ACTIVE STILL.
THEIR COFFEE CONTINUES TO BE MARKETED AS "CAFE FEMININA" IN
THE "UNITED STATES"! THIS YEAR THERE ARE 128 WOMEN SOCIOS AND
97 MEN. THE SOCIOS COME FROM 14 COMMUNITIES NEAR COMMUNIDAD
PASAC. WE HOPE CAFÉ FEMININA OF PASAC CAN BE MARKETED IN OUR
DIOCESE OF HELENA, MONTANA.
Comments
Post a Comment