Las Brisas

Las Brisas

Marvin Carias

Small-scale producer

Marvin bought his first parcel of land in this area in 1990 and over the decades they added to their holdings with various parcels of land as the business became more and more profitable, and over the years he has improved the farm practices, replanted some of the older trees, and implemented a system of shade management to improve the farm, and now he operates a wet mill in addition to Finca Las Brisas where he works to ensure smart water usage including care with processing wastewater because without proper processing wastewater can contaminate soil and water sources, so his system involves 8 wastewater ponds and after treatment clean water emerges from the 8th and he also uses a water pump to recirculate clean water which helps reduce water use at the mill; furthermore, Marvin hopes to continue growing and continue improving the quality of the coffee to continue incorporating more organic and sustainable fertilizers and to improve a little more each year, and he tells us that coffee has brought many benefits to the community as in addition to coffee from Las Brisas he also buys cherry from his neighbors and mills it for Primavera, and he tells us that coffee has not only helped improve the income and job opportunities of local coffee producers but also that the community has better roads, schools, and a health clinic as the local coffee economy grows.