The Rainforest Alliance was a founder of and continues to coordinate the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), a coalition of leading conservation groups from every Mesoamerican country except Nicaragua. The SAN awards the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal to farmers who meet guidelines for sustainability; the seal assures consumers that the products they buy are produced according to strict ecological, economic and social criteria. On certified farms, pesticide use is tightly controlled, wildlife habitat is protected and worker health and safety is a priority. Farms owned by several leading food companies have earned certification, while other companies have committed to purchasing products from certified farms.

To promote sustainable forestry, the Rainforest Alliance has joined governments and local groups in the Selva Maya region of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize — one of the world’s largest tropical forests north of the Amazon — to train communities in responsible forest management, and we are working to increase the value of non-timber forest products such as xate, a fern grown in the Selva Maya and sold in the United States.

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