Introduction to Guatemala and orientation session

Visit FEDECOCAGUA, Guatemala's largest coffee cooperative to learn about the commodity's processing, certifications and long supply chain

De la Gente coffee tour and workshop, pepian cooking class and lunch in farmer's home

Antigua food market tour and food access activity

Caoba Organic Farms tour, seed saving workshop and farm-to-table lunch

Driving from Antigua to the coastal lowlands, we will witness what conventional agriculture looks like in Central America before returning to the higher elevation of Lake Atitlan.

We will stay with the locally-run organization CCDA where we'll learn about their multi-tiered approach to address their communities’ food security issues including initiatives such as large-scale coffee production, huertas (home gardens), free-range chickens, tilapia ponds and vermiculture.

We wrap up in quaint San Juan de la Laguna, an indigenous community  that has retained its traditions and is known for its natural dye textiles.

Early morning hike to the “Nariz” cliff face, where we’ll catch sunrise over the lake and finished with La Voz coffee cooperative coffee tasting

Beekeeping tour and workshop

Natural dyes and textile workshop with a women's weaving cooperative

Free time for ethical, Fairly Traded, souvenir shopping