Cooperatives and courage: People at the core of Peru's coffee industry

Cooperatives and courage: People at the core of Peru's coffee industry

At the Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera Maranura, near the city of Quillabamba in southern Peru, Luis Alberto Alanoca runs his fingers through a mound of coffee beans, freshly peeled and drying out. Some are dark, some light, some moldy – they are sorted with speed and precision inherited through generations. Luis Alberto Alanoca is a third generation member of the Maranura coffee cooperative. His grandparents were part of the land distribution r…