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A Story From Honduras
Farmer to Farmer is a solidarity organization. We connect people in Wisconsin and Minnesota with people in Guatemala and Honduras. We have been doing this for over thirty years. Some of those connections are close ties that feel like family relationships. That means we are in. We have mutual responsibilities to each other. We feel each other's pain, and we feel each other’s joy.
Honduras Coffee Farmer News January 2022
I recently visited the farmers in Honduras for the first time since the pandemic. The general feeling is that while the pandemic was hard for people, especially in the cities, the rural areas were least affected.
Student Scholarships January 2021
We are celebrating! Even in the midst of the pandemic, the students in Guatemala press on! We are so proud of their perseverance and hard work.
Update on Hurricanes Eta and Lota in Honduras
As I write this, it is raining again in Honduras and water is rising in cities on the North coast, again. The main thing to know is that all of the farmers and the families who we are connected with made it through the hurricanes.
Honduras Trip 2020
Andy, Sue, and Mary visited Las Moras, where we went first to Maximo and then to Benito Perez’s farm. Their farm seemed to be flush with production. There were three drying sheds under construction and lots of coffee drying in the open air on the tables that would soon be covered.
Indigenous People's Day
Today we celebrate Indigenous People’s Day by paying tribute to our friends in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. We honor our friends from the Weavers’ Committee and their Tzutujil Maya culture that continues despite a tumultuous history around Lago Atitlán.