Let's all drink Guapaya coffee

In Vista Hermosa, Meta, a group of farmers decided to come together in an effort to voluntarily change their illegal crops for coffee plantations.

In 2019, we met Juan Camilo Mora, a politic science student who was doing his Peace Management Master's dissertation. Camilo spend more than two years with the community of Guapaya, a rural community located three hours away from Vista Hermosa's urban settlement.

Inspired by the work of Ángel María Muñoz, this community is at the center of the doccumentary "Guapaya. Sembrando vida y territorio", which tells the story of the voluntary substitution of illegal crops in the years prior of the Havannah Peace Agreements.

The story of Guapaya invites society to recognize its mistakes to learn from the past and face the future. This documentary tells the story of unity, solidarity and hard work of the communities that look for alternatives to a development that never arrived.

The documentary was screened for the first time in January 2020 in the central park of Vista Hermosa. Residents of the municipality and the community of Guapaya gathered there.

Watch: Guapaya, sembrando vida y territorio.

During that week, we accompanied them to learn about the technical process of the Agroecological Farming Schools of ACDI/VOCA Colombia and USAID in the process of the Association of agricultural producers of the Guapaya sector - ASOAGROGUAPAYA.

Today the association has grown and promotes the Café Guapaya brand in its physical store in the heart of the town.

When you visit Vista Hermosa, don't forget to visit Guapaya Coffee Store

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