If food tells the story of a place, then some of the greatest storytellers should be the people who grow the food, right?
That’s how it’s been in my experience, which is why I most often feel like I’ve gotten to know a place once I’ve set foot on a farm.
In Guatemala, it had to be a coffee farm, of course.
Guatemalan coffee is known all over the world, and while I visited Antigua, I went out to a new local coffee shop practically every day. But the experience felt incomplete until I met Angel and Francisca. They helped me understand what it was like to see rural Guatemala change over decades, the challenges that farmers face during the climate crisis, and their own unique experiences as parents. I left in awe of how much we had in common.
This is what I love about going places.
