Organic coffee from Chojzunil
By
Site
Magdalena Cristobal
Magdalena Cristobal

Magdalena Cristóbal, lives with her family of 2 members in the Caserío Peña Flor, Aldea Chojzunil, of the Municipality of Santa Eulalia, is associate of the Cooperativa Integral Agrícola de servicios varios Chojzunil R.L
She manages an agroforestry plot that was established 6 years ago with an extension of 2.23 hectares. On average, it harvests 13 Tm of fresh coffee beans per harvest season. After the wet processing, this results in about 2.6 Tm of parchment coffee. In addition to coffee, he also grows fruit trees, Banana (Musa paradisiaca) Lemon, Lima, Orange, this plant generates economic income by selling ripe fruit, which helps the economic sustenance of the family, he also planted 34 trees of various native species that serve as shade for coffee: Chalum (Inga edulis), Palo de moco, izote, capulin.