Lote Alexandra - Finca Golondrina - Colombia 2015 Verified listing

CoE Ranking: 16b

Farm: La Golondrina (Alexandra plot)

Farmer: Martín Álvarez Moreno

Birth Place & Date: October 18, 1969

Age: 45

Parents: Custodio Álvarez & Candelaria Moreno

Siblings: 9

Wife’s Name: Alexandra Santofimio Ayerbe

Academic Level: Primary School

Vereda (Rural District): Charguayaco

Municipality: Pitalito

Department: Huila

Total Area Grown with Coffee: 2 hectares

% planted with resistant varieties (Colombia & Castillo): 30%/30%

% planted with susceptible varieties (Caturra): 30%

% of Young Technologically Advanced Coffee Plantations:

Coffee Plantation Ages: 2-5 years

Other farm crops: Banana, yucca

Post-harvest processing (“Beneficio”): Traditional

Score at Cup of Excellence 2015: 86.60

Altitude: 1710 masl

Farmer’s Biography:

My name is Martín Álvarez Moreno, I am 45 years old. I have been related to coffee since my childhood. My parents have been coffee growers. I have always lived in the Charguayaco “vereda” (rural district), in Pitalito, Huila. For 15 years I have been working at the La Golondrina farm, owned by my wife and stepchildren, who granted me a plot of around 4 has, of which 2 are grown with coffee; it is registered in the Sica (coffee-growing information system) with the name of Alexandra plot. My family consists of my wife, two children and four stepchildren.

My wife Alexandra Santofimio is a partner of the CadefiHuila cooperative and has taken part in Cup of Excellence. Now the farm has three seals: UTZ, Practices and FLO. The farm is located at 1710 masl; there are seven varieties of coffee, predominantly the Colombia and Castillo varieties. It has 20 has in total, distributed as follows: 13.8 ha in coffee, of which 11.8 are of my wife and stepchildren and 2 of my property; 3.2 ha are pastureland and 3 are a reserve.