Win a Unique Opportunity to Visit an Indigenous Forestry Community in Mexico Rainforest Alliance
go to original November 14, 2014

Have you ever wondered where your Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee comes from? Or what a sustainable cattle ranch looks like? Look out for an upcoming competition that will give two readers the chance to see Rainforest Alliance sustainability work on the ground in Latin America

The Follow the Farmer competition will send two people to Latin America – one to Costa Rica and another to Mexico – to spend time with farming and forest communities. Both trips will take place in March 2015.

Two winners will have the opportunity to see first-hand what it takes to sustainably produce the everyday items we consume and share their stories with the Guardian’s global audience.

One winner will take a five-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Costa Rica, where he/she will spend time with the farmers of the CoopeDota coffee co-operative in Santa Maria de Dota, a village nestled in a valley near the Parque Nacional los Quetzales. The winner will also lend a hand on a flower farm and visit CATIE, a tropical agricultural research centre and site of the country’s first Rainforest Alliance Certified cattle farm in the central highlands region.

Another winner will travel on an all-expenses-paid journey to Quintana Roo, Mexico, to visit indigenous communities in Bacalar that are working with the Rainforest Alliance’s community forestry program to responsibly produce timber, chicle and honey, while conserving vital habitat for wildlife such as tapir, jaguar and monkeys.

The Follow the Farmer competition is open to US contestants only. Enter to win a trip to Costa Rica or Mexico at The Guardian.

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