Many of you remember that a research study conducted by the
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is what spurred the
creation of this film and this effort to educate the coffee industry about
seasonal hunger in the coffeelands and engage them to act. Now, 5 years later,
we are revisiting that study.
The team headed back to Nicaragua, Guatemala, and
Mexico to see what has changed over these last few years. The original survey
of small-scale coffee farmers found that over 67% of farmers were
unable to maintain their normal diet for 3-8 months of the year. We returned to
learn if life has changed for these farmers. We want to know, and we are sure
you do to, has the period of “the thin months” shrunk?
