Coopervitae (Cooperativa Agrícola de Nova Resende de Productores Orgánicos y Región LTD) is located in Resende, the south of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. It has got 377 members. The cooperative has 1600 hectares of Arabigan Coffee, 1000 metres high, and the coffee grown has an excellent quality.
Coopervitae is compounded by farming families, whose main source of income is the coffee. From 2006 their coffee is Fairtrade Certificate. With this certificate they have improved and have claimed the retail price from the production, they have kept a confidence relationship with their clients, strengthening their alliances and adding value to their coffee, ensuring social and environmental sustainability in their cultivation.
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