![CAFICO Coffee Cooperative in Honduras](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132906/CAFICO-Cooperative.jpg)
Farmer Spotlight: CAFICO Cooperative in Honduras
Cameron’s Coffee sources coffee from all over the world, and this means we often get the pleasure of meeting these farmers where the magic happens: their farms! Today, we’re featuring the farmers of CAFICO (Cafés Finos de Corquín) in Honduras. Come along as we show you around!
![Coffee farmer among Arabica coffee plants](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132854/1-CAFICO-farmer-with-coffee-plants..jpg)
![Cafico team with coffee samples](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132853/2-CAFICO-team..jpg)
![Hillside at a coffee farm in Honduras](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132914/3-CAFICO-coffee-farm-1024x576.jpg)
CAFICO is a coffee farmer cooperative located in Corquín, Copán in beautiful western Honduras. The Cooperative is made of 350 Farmer Members that focus on the production of 100% certified sustainably produced coffees. Cameron’s buys 100% USDA Certified Organic coffees from CAFICO!
![Shade Grown coffee farm on a hillside in Honduras](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132912/4-Shade-Grown-Coffee.jpg)
![Coffee farmers at a high elevation coffee farm with Arabica plants](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132911/5-Two-CAFICO-members-and-high-altitude-coffee-1024x768.jpg)
Coffee produced by CAFICO’s members is shade-grown between 1100 – 1900 meters above seal level in villages surrounding the Celaque National Park. In this region, the temperature averages about 70° F year-round.
![Coffee farmers and coffee beans being sun dried in Honduras](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132910/6-Sun-Dried-Coffee.jpg)
![Coffee mill at CAFICO](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132909/7-Coffee-Mill.jpg)
Coffees here are harvested November through April, are processed in a centralized wet mill and often sun dried.
![Young Coffee Plants being grown at a Honduras coffee cooperative](https://assets.cameronscoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27132908/8-Coffee-Plants.jpg)
In addition to its sustainable coffee farming practices, CAFICO is proud to support the surrounding community by providing support to neighborhood churches and the local mother-child healthcare center. They also help protect the environment by distributing water filters to community members.
As mentioned above, Cameron’s buys 100% USDA Certified Organic coffees from CAFICO, and you can find it in several of our blends:
- Organic Breakfast Blend
- Organic Paradise Blend
- Organic Scandinavian Blend
- Organic Woods & Water
- Organic Italian Roast
We hope you’ve enjoyed learning a little more about one of the coffee farms that plays a part in some of your morning mugs!