Love Letter To El Salvador

Love Letter to El Salvador is my tribute to the country that holds my heart. I have been away for many years, but now I am back. Back on my coffee farms enjoying what I did as a child with my father. Seems like it was just yesterday…the smell of coffee reminds me of him. I noticed that not much has changed since I’ve been gone, but that is good thing in many ways. What was old, is now new. In other words, as coffee farmers we have not progressed as much as other parts of the world. Because we have not, it is easier for us as a country to stop and look at the ways we are caring for our land and environment. Turn back time, start using only fertilizers and pesticides that are good for the planet, the wildlife and our people. What people don’t know is that most of El Salvador has been growing coffee this way forever. It is what we were taught from generations before us. We need to protect our land by practicing regenerative farming and keep our ecosystems intact. Shade grown farming keeps the rising temperatures due to global warming, from hitting the coffee trees, but also keeps our ecosystem flourishing for future generations. This is what is going to keep our coffee industry thriving. Love Letter to El Salvador is my way of saying thank you. I want to make positive changes in an industry that I love a lot. There is a lot of organizing to do. Working together with my fellow coffee producers and organizations to sell our coffees as one and paying more for their coffee is my top priority. I want the world to get to know our coffees the way I do. I hope you enjoy drinking a piece of my El Salvador.