{"id":4095,"date":"2024-09-06T09:19:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T07:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sh.no\/familien-sanchez-dyrker-kaffe-for-fremtiden\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:55:03","slug":"the-sanchez-family-grows-coffee-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sh.no\/en\/familien-sanchez-dyrker-kaffe-for-fremtiden\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sanchez family grows coffee for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Peru, the landscape is made for coffee, with steep mountain ridges, deep rainforest and fresh sea air. Coffee has been grown here since the 1700s, and at the heart of Peru's coffee regions is a unique family with roots in the traditions of coffee growing. Together, the Sanchez family is committed to preserving the nature around them through organic coffee production and sustainable practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This family has created a coffee culture that is not only about quality, but also about respect for the environment and the people around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breeding ground for the future in San Martin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The story of the Sanchez family begins with Felino and Jorge, two brothers who grew up in poverty in northern Peru. As an adult, Felino needed a fresh start with his wife and their three children, and the family moved slightly south to the region of San Martin. Looking for a place to live, the family found a farm with access to three important things: spring water, fruit trees and good weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

- It's the best decision we've ever made,\" says Felino to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

- In San Martin, we found the place that would become our forever home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is where the family started producing coffee. Their focus has always been to produce organic coffee, without the use of harmful chemicals or synthetic fertilisers. For the Sanchez family, it was important to produce coffee that not only tastes good, but is also good for nature. Their commitment to sustainable agriculture has made them role models in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Felino and his family, and later his brother Jorge, realised the potential of specialty coffee from San Martin. Together with several coffee families in the small village of La Victoria, the Sanchez family started the Cerro Blanco Producers Association (APROCEB). In the beginning, the group consisted of 10 coffee-producing families, but today there are 211 families from 15 different communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, Cerro Blanco works to promote women and young coffee farmers, and to ensure renewal in Peruvian coffee production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear Leomar and Felino talk about their family's history and work with Cerro Blanco in the video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n