From time to time we get questions about the types of organizations with whom we work and what their lives are like.  One cooperative that we have funded in two cycles now is Los Alpes, a very rural coffee coop which is a member of the umbrella cooperative SOPPEXCCA (pronounced so-pesca).  Both Los Alpes and SOPPEXCCA are impressive in their aspirations and the context in which they hope to achieve those goals.  Here’s an article about both organizations that gives a glimpse of their efforts as marketplace players.  They are doing good work, indeed….