The introduction of green houses in Cuatro Pinos co-op in Guatemala were an innovation enabling women of all ages to earn income through farming where traditions limited their work in the fields. Training for youth also helped to bring a gender balance between co-op members. Young people (18-26) participated in the project beyond expectations − ballooning training enrollment from 20 to 150 young people of near gender balance. These two innovations have altered the gender relations in the co-op with women and young trainees learning and bringing new ideas and attitudes towards technology and gender relations to the older coop members.