Volunteer in Eco-Agriculture Conservation in Guatemala

The IVHQ Guatemala Eco-Agriculture Conservation project is based in a coffee farming community, located at the base of the Guatemalan highlands just outside of Antigua. The coffee co-operative that you will be volunteering with was set up with the help of a non-profit organization that focuses on economic development and sustainable agriculture in Guatemala. The farmers all work between one and seven acres of land that they themselves own. All coffee is organic, shade grown, hand processed and sun dried. As a volunteer alongside these farmers, you will provide support and participate in every step of the coffee growing, harvesting, and marketing process. This includes working in the nursery, coffee-picking, weeding, planting shade trees, and even roasting packaging of the final product ...