Guayakí Yerba Mate
Product Highlights
Product: Organic yerba mate
Origin: Atlantic and Amazon Rainforests
Community: Communities situated in the Atlantic and Amazon Rainforests
Certification: Organic, Fair Trade, Non-GMO, B Corporation
Mission: Collaborating with forest stewards and local nonprofits are key to regenerating the biologically significant Atlantic and Amazon Rainforests
Agroforestry:
Shade-grown
Supports
forest
restoration
Supports
rural women
Wildlife
conservation
program
Community
give-back
programs
Product Overview
The Guayakí brand markets organic shade-grown yerba mate, produced in Argentinian, Brazilian and Paraguayan agroforestry systems. Their work aims to promote market-led forest regeneration in critically degraded areas of the Atlantic and Amazonian forests. In their 2020 Global Impact Report, Guayakí cited that they achieved their mission to steward and restore 200,000 acres of South America Atlantic rainforest by 2020.
Useful links
The Guayakí website provides a number of useful links on their market regeneration page