b'SUMMER 2021 table of contents10 GUATEMALAN SPICE FARMERSFORGE PATH TO FAIR PAYAlthough cardamom is one of the worlds most expensive spices, the farmers who grow it traditionally struggle to make ends meet. Through the Green Business Belt Program, cardamom producers are raising profit margins and also taking care of the natural environment.COVER: Maria Luisa Vasquez Gabriel and her team working in the Chisec forest of Guatemala. Vasquez serves as the secretary of an all-women community disaster reduction committee, formed through the support of Heifer program RISE UP.(Photo by Daniel Lopez)TOP: Local producers planting sprouts for use in reforestation efforts at the Municipal Greenhouse of Chisecthe largest municipal nursery in Guatemala whose agroforestry conservation work Heifer supports. (Photo by Daniel Lopez)HEIFER.ORG |3'