Many people like their coffee black, but some Mexican coffee growers are working to make it green.

A financing program from the World Council of Credit Unions is aimed at helping farmers improve their organic coffee crops, which translates into higher prices and more income.

It's part of a five-year, $4 million Cooperative Development Program that got under way in 2010 through the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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