Workers’ living quarters on a coffee plantation.
Our farmers are entering the eye-opening world of employer-employee relationships. The economics are fascinating from a social justice standpoint. After two recent federal wage increases that have nearly doubled minimum wage in Guatemala, it is still cheaper to hire a Guatemalan in 2010 than it was to own a slave in the US in...
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Guatemala: Great Destinations
by Conner Gorry
Countryman Press, 2009
Reviewed by Rachel Peachey
So, I'm kind of fudging this review, I haven't read it, I haven't even been able to get my hands on it yet. The catch is that it has a full color page photo of Don Filiberto within its pages, so I'm a little biased. I'm just glad we're making some headway in the fame department.
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I’m not tough enough to be a Guatemalan woman. Any Guatemalan woman can tell you that. I try to be as tough as a Guatemalan man, and sometimes I succeed. If a compañero is hauling 100 lbs of cement on his back or 100 lbs of chicken feed, I try to lend a hand. Though I can feel my spine permanently compacting as I haul bricks up a mountain, I never complain. It’s not that I don’t...
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Creating wealth. This is a dry economics lesson. It is intended for those serious about microfinance and developing communities, those with too much time, and those who can’t sleep.
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 San Miguel farmers use very little water to process their coffee. Pound for pound of coffee, they use less than 5% of the water used by large plantations. Just how are they different?
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