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Raw, Unfiltered Honey: 23 oz,   $7.00

Fair Trade Price: $1.75

Producer - Mut Vitz (Bird Mountain), Chiapas, Mexico  

Mut Vitz was formed through the efforts of 6 municipalities in the Highland region of Chiapas comprising the indigenous Tzotzil, Tzeltal and Zoque peoples, from communities in resistance.   They produce organic coffee, both strictly high bean (S.H.B) and high bean and as well the coffee flower honey.  The honey is produced by 95 small-scale honey producers.  The coop through agriculture production and commercialization, has the common goal of improving the standard of living of its members, as well as encouraging regional economic development under conditions of equality.  The coop members  recognize the importance of producing with care and improving their practices in order to produce high quality honey and through their work hope to have access to national and international fair trade markets.    For years, the coop members knew little about selling their coffee, and the coyotes, or middlemen, who do the least work in the entire process of coffee production, took all of the benefits.  Now as an organized coop they are  in charge of the entire process, from production of coffee from their own plants to exportation and direct sales to the consumer and have also been working to improve the ecology of the coffee fields, producing organically grown coffee.  With the coffee cooperative as an example, the coop is hoping to look for other alternatives and encourage more projects that can generate needed funds for other projects in their communities.