Beekeeper brews up added-value goods in Guatemala
Beekeeper and graduate student at the University of Florida's Beekeeping program, Michael Drankwalter, recently traveled to Guatemala to offer his knowledge on beehive management, and the production and marketing of value-added honey products. Michael's workroom for the majority of his volunteer trip was at the FECCEG headquarters . T he Federacion Comericializadora de Café Especial de Guatemala (FECCEG) is an organization that is formed by 13 small coffee cooperatives and spreads across six Guatemalan departments. FECCG is a member of the successful Kishé Foods LLC. Kishé coffee sells roasted coffee from Guatemala directly to consumers and coffee retailers in the United States. The company's operations and processing are developed in California, but the company management is based in the city of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. There are many Kishé coffee shops that are sprouting up around Guatemala (one volunteer called them the Starbucks of Cent...