Mariano Champo has been a cherished friend since our early days as a brand. Born and raised in Chiapas, Mexico, Mariano is an artist devoted to the craft of carving and painting traditional wooden masks that depict symbolic characters in Mayan culture. This ancient practice has long been integral to...

The mountainous region of Chiapas contains approximately one-third of all coffee agriculture in Mexico, making it the leading producer of high quality organic coffee within the country for the past three decades. The history of organic farming cooperatives in this region is built on more than political and economic motivations....

To escape the Texas summer heat, Wimberly based photographer Kara Buse and her husband Bryan took a family road trip to Washington State's Olympic National Park, boasting an impressive one million+ acres of sprawling parkland. Wild coastlines and diverse ecosystems are a hallmark of the park, where both glacier topped mountains and temperate...

This summer 2023 marks our fifth year of collaboration with the Shark Research and Conservation Program (SRC) at The University of Miami Rosentiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.

We're happy to share the continuation of our partnership with the Mesoamerica Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Over a decade later, this partnership remains special to us as a small business formed by UT alumni. Supporting Maya research and education in the art and sciences more broadly...

Ruta Maya is proud to announce our sponsorship of Aspen Ideas: Climate, a multi-day public event hosted by Aspen Ideas in collaboration with the City of Miami Beach and a diverse group of partner institutions in and beyond South Florida, addressing the realities of a changing climate.  Spanning May 9-12,...

To celebrate our third consecutive year of partnership with the Shark Research & Conservation Program (SRC), we took a tour of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and caught up with SRC’s program director, Dr. Neil Hammerschlag. Since developing the program back in 2010, Dr....

It's a warm sticky morning in late August when we meet Juliane Miklos in her backyard garden oasis just outside of Miami, Florida. The land is teeming with tropical wildlife. Birds, butterflies, cats, and bees dance around Juliane in the grassy quarter acre lawn where almost-ripe fruits and medicinal herbs are growing. We're here...

We first announced our partnership with the Shark Research & Conservation Program (SRC) at The University of Miami on Earth Day 2018. What began as an unlikely friendship between coffee enthusiasts and shark researchers, scientists, and students has solidified into a partnership that helps advance our collective understanding of shark...