Of Special Interest, Making Cafe Cibales, Farmers Cooperative

While coffee processing plants are closing all over the Island as a result of nearly a decade of economic woes, the Cooperativa Agrocomercial has seen its coffee production triple. “It is a reflection of the wide market acceptance of our product and the quality it consistently brings to homes across Puerto Rico”, explains María Velez, Service Center Supervisor in the coffee processing plant in Barrio Frontón, Ciales. To better meet market demands without sacrificing quaity, The Cooperativa Agrocomercial is getting underway to significantly improve its machinery.

After having completed a year long process of analysis and reorganization of the Cooperative's operations, Juan Ginés, Excecutive President of the Cooperativa Agrocomercial will soon begin implementing changes aimed at improving the overall eficiency and sustainable growth of the Cooperative for years to come. In the first phase of changes the Cooperative will be investing in the renewal of rental facilities owned and managed by the Cooperative as well as optimizing operations in its industrial and commercial facilities.

por: Agro. María Vélez Candelaria
Supervisora del Centro de Servicios al Agricultor
Barrio Frontón Centro, Ciales

Por más de 75 años la Cooperativa Agro-Comercial ha estado al servicio de los agricultores de Puerto Rico. A partir del siglo XIX el café surge como cultivo que cosecha reconocimiento mundial, hoy día la Cooperativa lleva al mundo el mejor café de Puerto Rico bajo la marca Café Cibales. A continuación cubrimos parte de la historia del Café en nuestra Isla y cómo la Cooperativa se integra a esta historia para afianzar su alcance futuro.

Café Cibales is brought to you directly from coffee farmers who, for almost a century, have been combining our resources to produce and distribute the highest quality coffee. As members of 'Puerto Rico's Commercial Farmers' Cooperative', we work our own land and have been doing so for generations. In fact, many of us insist on plowing the land with oxen, the way humanity used to do it before machines came into play.