Las Nueve Posas - Honduras 2009 Verified listing

Overview

The property is known today as Finca 9 Pozas in honor of the forest and stream located there that is called 9 Pozas. This is a mysterious place, filled with enchantment and home of the “guardabarranco.” It is also named this way because it was visited by a painter who painted the stream 9 pozas for Don Obdulio Espinoza. Many legends originate from this site such as: The place has a rich variety of fruits, but no visitor can taste them because he would become trapped in this place. It is also said that more than 30 years ago 3 children where lost in the forest and were fed by dwarfs, one of them escaped from the place, the others they say still live there and in the afternoons they walk by the roads. If you visit the place at night you will hear the roosters and the wanderers. The habitants of the village of Santa Marta say that when the climate is going to change the mountain makes loud noises. The property 9 Pozas is located in the lower part of the stream of 9 Pozas upstream from Ulua Riverbed. Natural resources need to be protected to the high level of poverty in this population. Most of the workers are mostly Lencas. Fernando is involved in many voluntary activities to raise funds along with his wife through different organisms, to assist the needs of the Lenca communities of Cypress, Arco, Magueyall, Rion, Pena Blanca, Palos Blancos and Mohaga within the municipality of Belen Gualcho and Santa Marta of the municipality of San Marcos. Quality Practices We train and motivate the cutters so that they cut coffee in its optimum ripeness. The coffee is pulped immediately after it has been harvested. The coffee of the cup of excellence is dried to the sun in screens with temperatures lower than 50 ºC. It is rested for a month in sacs in suitable storage conditions.

Environmental Care

The coffee plantation is grown under shade using environmental-friendly practices like: forestry, biological barriers, erosion control, drain control and protection, planting in slopes, use of natural pesticides, manual control of the weeds, ecological pulp removing, latrines distributed in the property, planting of forest and taking care of the biodiversity. Coffee Process Information Fertilization: The coffee plants are fertilized with coffee grower formula based on soil analysis. We also apply organic fertilizer produced by the Californian earthworm. Disease and Pest Control: we use natural plague control methods such as: Manual weed control, pest and disease control using natural pesticides, and the use of biological controls such as of toads, spiders, birds, and insects. Harvesting: The harvest begins at the end of December and it ends the first days of April. Pulping and Fermentation: The implemented humid beneficiary consists in: Cutting of coffee, pulp removing, fermentation, washing and classification of the coffee. Drying: The implemented beneficiary in dry consists in: Drying in Screen, packing it in sacs and storing it in optimal conditions

Other Statistics:

Annual Production: 180 bags
Coffee varieties: Bourbón, Caturra, Catuai
Type of Soil: Franc AverageAnnual Rainfall: 1,300 mm
Type of Shade: Guama, Guanijiquil, Cuernavaca, laurel negro, cedro, gravillea, banana
Water Source: Natural water sources from the farm
Permanent Employees: 4
Temporary Employees: 20 - 60