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Guatemala

Farm: Finca el Paternal
Project: Clean Water and Balanced Plant Nutrition
At the urging of respected plantation owner and grower, Miguelina Villatoro del Merida, we invested proceeds from the Farm Family Direct™ program to design a much needed water treatment facility at her El Paternal farm. The facility sends leftover water from coffee production through a series of filtering tanks. The end result is water that can be reused several times and clean water is returned to the river free of contaminants. The state-of-the-art facility is now looked to as a successful model, and tours are arranged so growers throughout the region can learn about the benefits of water treatment and conservation.

In 2006, we began soil and leaf sampling at Finca el Paternal in order to improve plant health, where and when needed. In a cross-cultural exchange, we are working with Karnataka Coffee Estates of India and Indian company, Ramaday Micronutrients, to assess the results and share their expertise in application of soil micronutrients.

This program helps us reach Millennium Development Goal number 7, to ensure environmental sustainability.



This program helps us reach Millennium Development Goal number 8, to develop a global partnership for development.


 
 
 
 

Guatemala Grower Blog

Traveling in Guatemala Part III: Last Day

August 17, 2007

Andres Castro visits Anacafe Coffee cupping room, which concludes his trip to the Guatemala coffee growing region.
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A letter from Miguelina

August 15, 2007

A letter from our grower in Guatemala, Miguelina.
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Traveling in Guatemala Part II: Heading up to El Paternal farm.

August 15, 2007

Our Quality Control Engineer, Andres Castro,visits El Paternal farm.
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Traveling into Guatemala: Part I

August 08, 2007

Andres Castro travels to Guatemala.
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Progress in Guatemala

July 23, 2007

This is a short update about our Project in Guatemala and additional information related to Balanced Plant Nutrition (BNP).
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More Information on Fetilization

July 13, 2007

Andres Castro provides an update on our fertilization project in Guatemala. He also gives a brief overview on the process and why soil and leaf analysis is so important to coffee growers.
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Balanced Plant Nutrition project at El Paternal Farm in Guatemala.

July 06, 2007

Andres Castro updates us on our most recent Farm Friendly Direct project in Guatemala.
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