The Asociación de Productores Cafetaleros Solidarios de San Ignacio (APROCASSI) was formed in 2000, originally as an effort to protest the mining companies who were flocking to the area to harvest precious metals. Set on protecting their land, a small group of farmers banded together and formed an association which they named APROCASSI. The cooperative is focused on keeping youth in coffee, as well as women’s income diversification.
