La Cuadra - Colombia 2015 Verified listing

Ranking: 18

Farm: La Cuadra

Farmer: Jorge Eliécer Rodríguez Sánchez

Birth Place & Date: Ragonvalia, Norte de Santander, Nov. 1, 1963

Age: 51 years old

Parents: Cristobal Rodríguez Villamizar (d) & Mercedes Sánchez Moreno

Siblings: 5

Wife’s Name: María Ernestina González Rodríguez

Children: (2) Leidy Gabriela Rodríguez González & Néstor Joel Rodríguez González

Academic Level: High school

Farm: La Cuadra

Vereda (rural district): La Alhambra

Municipality: Ragonvalia

Department: Norte de Santander

Total Area Grown with Coffee: 1.33 hectares

% planted with resistant varieties (Colombia & Castillo): 100%

% planted with susceptible varieties (Caturra): 0%

% of Young Technologically Advanced Coffee Plantations: 100 %

Other farm crops: banana

Post-harvest processing (“beneficio”):

Score at Cup of Excellence 2015: 86.53

Farmer’s Biography

I lived my childhood among coffee plantations. I remember how, being a child, I ran behind my parents and watched the coffee-growing work they did, which nowadays remains as my family’s livelihood.

Little by little I grew and so did my interest to continue the family tradition, as at my home coffee farming was not only one more activity, but the foundation of my family, the support for our well-being.

Now, at the age of 51, more motivated than ever and remembering the teachings of my parents, I am proud to make coffee the support to fight for my two children and my wife, who, with her dedication and love, has allowed me to devote myself 100% to produce a high-quality coffee, because I say that “if something is done, it must be well done, with all the attention and dedication”.