COLOMBIA ORGANIC CESAR SERRANIA DEL PERIJA WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE GRAINPRO

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About this coffee

Grower

Asociación de Mujeres Cafeteras Plan Mil

Altitude

1520 - 1680 masl

Variety

Caturra, Castillo, and Typica

Soil

Clay minerals

Region

Balcón del Cesar, Cesar, Colombia

Process

Fully washed and dried inside solar dryers that provide protection from the rain

Harvest

September- January

Certification

Organic

Coffee Background

COLOMBIA ORGANIC CESAR SERRANIA DEL PERIJA WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE GRAINPRO is sourced from family-owned farms organized around the Asociación de Mujeres Cafeteras Plan Mil, an all women's organization that operates in the  municipality of Balcón del Cesar within the department of Cesar, Colombia. Mujeres Cafeteras was founded in 1998 and many women started planting with 1000 coffee trees as they were walking away from farming coca trees. Today, Mujeres Cafeteras provides technical support, and access to the international coffee market for 58 members, from which 33 farms have achieved their organic certification. On average, producers cultivate coffee on 27 acres of land using their own micro-mills to depulp and dry coffee. Mujeres Cafeteras share the farm work with their husbands /partners. As a way of diversify their income, women are supporting their youth to start a coffee roasting program aimed to supply the local market with high quality coffee. In addition to coffee production, members of Mujeres Cafeteras harvest and sell plantains, bananas, squashes, cassava, beans, corn, cacao, and yams.