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Carlos Fernández Morera

Carlos Fernández Morera is an experienced farmer. He is approaching his 70th season growing coffee in San Rafael de San Ramón, where his family has lived since 1895. His deep connection to his trees and the soil he works with is evident in the way he talks. “Coffee is a very grateful crop,” he says. “If you dedicate a little love, it responds very well… The earth is a living element; we must take care of it, pamper it, so that it transmits to the coffee plant all its force.” Morera’s plot of earth is called Finca El Cerro. Many of his four grown children and nine grandchildren help on the estate; his eldest works directly with administration, his youngest works for the export brand, Café de Altura, and his oldest grandson is an agronomist.