

Smallholder farmers of CEPCO
CEPCO (Coordinadora Estatal de Productores de Café del Estado de Oaxaca) is a comprehensive coffee organization in Mexico that supports thousands of smallholder farmers. The cooperative focuses on the development of coffee-growing communities, with the vast majority of its members cultivating plots of less than two hectares.
Farm: CEPCO cooperative →History
CEPCO has been a long-standing organization in the Oaxacan coffee sector, with roasters like Intelligentsia sourcing organic coffee from its members since 2002. The cooperative operates as a network that provides fair pricing, technical education, and support to its members to improve their livelihoods and production quality.
Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.







