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Top photo: Corina Guerra (left) and her assistant in the family dairy business. "We want to eventually sell our milk all over Guatemala as a branded product," she declares. "We all know lots of people from here who have gone to the U.S. to find work, and we don't like it."
ReplyDeleteNext photo: Juan Carlos Zuleta (left) and Jose Wilar Giron (right) are two vocal and active leaders in the dairy association. Jose, 53, has two grown sons involved in his farm with he and his wife. The sons want to stay in farming, and he wants to grow a business that will support them and their families. Juan and Jose are standing next to the used bulk tank the association bought in the U.S.
Bottom photo: This is part of the circle of dairy farmers who came out to talk to me about building a better Guatemala through agriculture. Jesus Guzman, in the white shirt at the right, said the 25 farmers meet here every week to talk about problems and how to improve themselves and their community. "We want our people to stay here, and we want to make jobs here," he says. "But when we go to the government or banks, nobody wants to offer much help. We're looking anywhere we can to find help. Can you help us?" he asks me.