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A few words about Montalban Martitres

The Montalban family has coffee in their blood, they have always lived in a coffee region. Martitres is 33 years old and the penultimate of 12 brothers. Four of them still maintain tradition and love for agriculture, but especially for coffee. Throughout his life, the coffee industry taught him many values, regularity, the evolution of the rural world ... Martitres is married and he has 3 children. His family has always accompanied him at every stage of his life plan. A year ago, with his wife and eldest son, they named their farm "El Coco". The Coopagro cooperative asked them to find a name for their farm. In the midst of the 2019 harvest, they sat down for lunch under the 'one of the three coconut palms on the farm. A coconut fell from the tree and split. His wife drank the water and found it deliciously sweet. This anecdote gave the farm its name. The Montalban family strives to be a sustainable farm by diversifying the products they improved their farming practices thanks to Coopagro coop. Martitres says "Coffee is a universe to discover but it represents a large part of our culture. You have to take care of it and to make efforts every day because being a farmer also means having the knowledge to develop new tools."

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