We all are small coffee producers. The Council of Administration and Surveillance like the official delegates are nominated for three years in that position. In coordination witht eh Council of Administration they take the general lines of the work and inform the Assembly of the advances and problems. More than a hundred years ago our ancestors began with the cultivation of coffee, most of it at high lands between 800 and 1200 meters above sea level. We also sow corn, beans, some chili, vegetables and also fruit bearing trees like organge, sweet lemon, banana, avocado, black sapota, mammey and others.
Coffee is our main product for the commercialization.
We produce on average 12 sacks of coffee each and more than half of this we market by means of our Union. We sell solely organic coffee, properly inspected and certified on an international level, to several countries in Europe, to the USA and recently a little to Japan. Since 1990 we export about 5 containers of instant organic coffee to Europe and we also sell it in the national market. For that reason neither we want to use chemical fertilizers, nor chemical pesticides. To improve the soil, sub-soil and the plants we are implementing several programs like organic composting, terraces, use of legunimous cover and the pruning of the coffee plants and shade trees.