A Regenerative Center in Lanquín, Guatemala.
We focus on community development — using agroecology, ecotourism, and education to build a way of living that supports both people and the land.
Cacao At The Heart
It connects everything we do, a living thread that ties together land, people, and practice. Our cacao is grown in biodiverse agroforestry systems, processed using traditional methods, and shared as both food and medicine.
Layers of Regeneration
Everything we do is rooted in relationship: with territory, with tradition, and with those who care for both.
Original Wisdom
It begins by recognizing and reclaiming ancestral practices — from food preparation to land-based ceremony. Culture lives through what we do every day, and honoring original wisdom is our starting point.
Ecological Restoration
With deep respect for territory, we restore forests, build soil, and protect water. Regeneration starts from the ground up — and reconnecting with the land is foundational.
Artisanal Food Production
From that foundation, we create high-integrity foods like ceremonial cacao, made with care and shared beyond our borders. These products carry the story of the place and the people behind them.
Community Empowerment
We strengthen local resilience through the Red Ratzum Collective — offering jobs, workshops, and dignified opportunities, especially for women. A healthy community is essential to a healthy land.
Regenerative Tourism
Finally, we open our doors. Visitors are invited to walk the land, learn from the community, and take part in a living ecosystem — creating space for exchange, collaboration, and cross-pollination.
Impact Rooted in Place, Designed to Last
We measure success by the positive, intergenerational imprint we leave on this land and its people. Our work is rooted in place — shaped by the mountains, the hands that tend them, and the ancestral knowledge that guides us — but it also reaches forward.
Regenerative Tourism
We’ve built the Red Ratzum Cacao Collective to guarantee fair pricing for family farmers and create dignified work, especially for women, in food production and hospitality. This supports not only livelihoods, but the cultural and ecological integrity of the region.
Regenerative Tourism
We co-grow biodiverse cacao forests with our Q’eqchi’ neighbors to regenerate mountainsides, restore soil, and protect water. These practices yield not just food, but high-integrity, medicinal products that carry Lanquín’s legacy of abundance.
Honoring Original Wisdom
We uphold original wisdom through the daily work of fire-toasting beans, hand-peeling cacao, and preserving ancestral ways of preparing food and relating to land.
Sharing What We Learn
Through bioconstruction, agroecology, food forests, and water and energy systems, we develop regenerative models that can grow beyond this place — to support other communities ready to build a better future.
