La Florida

La Florida is run by the Coronel family and it’s a perfect example of a sustainable integrated farm. They are experienced farmers, producing in their land sugar cane, other fruit and vegetables, breeding pigs, tilapia fish and cultivating one of the healthiest plantations of coffee we’ve seen so far.

The farm was acquired by the Coronel family in 1993. They tell us that this was a Spanish hacienda back in colonial times and an indigenous settlement before then.

The climate in the area where the farm is very warm and dry. It is surrounded by a dry forest which holds a wide biodiversity like orchids, civets, armadillos, deer and pumas. Most of which are often seen in the farm.
Ramiro and his younger brother Fabrizio are both agricultural engineers. They have been cultivating coffee since 2014. They were introduced to the cultivation of specialty coffee by a project from the ministry of agriculture to re-activate the coffee production in the country. After this initial support, La Florida has evolved independently and towards a sustainable agriculture of quality.