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Mut-vitz is a fair trade certified coffee cooperative in the Mut-vitz, Zapatista area in Chiapas, in the south of Mexico.

It was founded in 1997, and forcibly dissolved by the Government of Chiapas in 2009, and is located in San Juan de la Libertad (current municipality of El Bosque, Chiapas).

History

In 1997, around 200 producers founded Mut-vitz, taking the name of a mountain near the cooperative.

In 1998, they received the CertiMex certificate and the license to export. The cooperative already had 750 members.

In 2004, Mut-vitz had 643 coffee farmers.

The company forcibly dissolved by the Government of Chiapas in 2009.

See also

• Zapatista coffee cooperatives

References

1. "projet IPACS". cycloamerica.net. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
2. Bellinghausen, H. "Philipp Gerber, investigador suizo, resalta el éxito de la cooperativa de café orgánico Mut Vitz". Rebelión. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
3. "La cooperativa Mutvitz, prueba de la legalidad de la autonomía en Chiapas - Indymedia Barcelona". barcelona.indymedia.org. Retrieved 2023-03-04.

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