Our Mission

Our mission is to promote social and economic development and environmentally sustainable coffee production that meets the quality demands of our customers and serves the needs of our cooperatives and their members.

Our Commitment to Sustainability

Since 1988, COOCAFE has greatly enhanced its efforts to access and directly compete in the international coffee market. For the past 15 years, COOCAFE has participated in the Fair Trade Market as well as in the Conventional Market, favoring COOCAFE’s members with higher, less volatile prices.

The stable price provided by the Fair Trade market has allowed our organization to develop social and environmental initiatives, as well as projects to help our farmers diversify their sources of income. At the same time, the higher price has allowed our cooperatives to re-invest in their communities with projects like credit for housing, land reform, and the repair and construction of municipal infrastructure.

In addition to paying a premium price to our producers, COOCAFE and its cooperatives have established two Foundations, Hijos del Campo and Foundation Café Forestal.