The Mut Vitz Cooperative is comprised of some 600 families from 26 communities in the self-proclaimed autonomous region of San Juan de La Libertad, located in the Highlands of Chiapas.

Mut Vitz coordinates a network of 48 community promoters working to consolidate their own participative process for the transfer of technology and practical know-how for organic production.

These promoters have already led the cooperative through the organic certification process and are constantly improving internal mechanisms for quality control.

Because of the lack of government support for indigenous people in this region, Mut Vitz producers seek autonomous economic and social alternatives to support development in their communities – critical to that is the sale of their coffee to the fair trade market.