On our impact trip last fall to the Ecuadorian Amazon, we caught up with two Cotopaxi Foundation nonprofit partners transforming communities through sustainable crops, from tea leaves and coffee to heirloom jungle peanuts. Here are 7 of our favorite photos from the trip: 1. Glenda and her mom Luduvina pick Guayusa tea leaves 2. Luchano and his wife check on their backyard plants: pineapple, yucca, and heirloom jungle peanuts 3. Esteban (our Ecuadorian videographer) and his drone were a hit with little locals 4. Maria tends to a vanilla bean plant in her chakra garden (an ancestral farming technique focused on biodiversity) 5. An instructor from our Foundation partner ALIADOS holds a community workshop on growing & processing plantains 6. Beatrice washes fresh-caught tilapia for breakfast during a guayusa tea ceremony at 4:30am 7. Squirrel monkeys, clown monkeys, mono payaso—they go by many names and do all the monkey things Stay tuned for the final story in our Ecuador Impact series on Oct. 1 (World Coffee Day) and check out more of our favorite photos here: https://lnkd.in/gYzvpNFa
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