Contact: Shelley Sherman cloudforest@hwpics.com
www.hwpics.com/cloudforest-mexico/

Clouforest Initiatives is a St. Paul based grassroots organization committed to assisting and supporting the efforts for peace, justice and integral development of the Maya communities of Chiapas. They organize travel seminars to Chiapas and promote crafts development for Mayan women. They also import cofee from Mut Vitz and promote Fair Trade among Mexico solidarity activists and people in the St. Paul area. The farmers who grow Cloudforest Coffee are Maya Indians who live in the highland areas of Chiapas, Mexico. The Mut Vitz producers are "autonomous," meaning they have declared their right to govern themselves according to indigenous laws and