Brazil Doce Horizonte

Fazenda Vale do Sol

The history of this farm is a history of three generations of the Familia Garcia. It began in 2008, with Alexandre Garcia Capelo, who was a small coffee producer and who continued his work with his son, Antonio Wander Garcia, who decided to dedicate his life to coffee production. Antonio, representing the family's second generation, is an agricultural engineer and researcher in coffee fertility and coffee nutrition. Following the footsteps of his father, he became a producer who dedicated his life to build his knowledge and produce coffee. Antonio and his wife Elenir own the farm Vale do Sol.

Antonio's son, André Luiz Alvarenga Garcia, third generation and also partner at the family company, has also brought all his knowledge as an agronomist and dedicated himself to applying the techniques learned from planting and reached good results with the applied technology.

Vale do Sol is 72 hectares big. The family is focused on improving the living conditions of all workers and their families. Over time, the green preservation areas were expanded, with insulation and planting trees along the springs. They have adapted practices to include changes such as the use of organic matter to revitalize the coffee plantation, reducing the use of agrochemicals and constant testing of new crops with resistance to rust, drought and nematodes is followed up on. All Vale do Sol crops undergo cyclical pruning in the zero harvest system. The Familia Garcia cultivates banana trees as natural barriers to the wind. Cultivars with natural resistance to pests and diseases were planted, with an almost organic crop formation.

This specific lot has been named "Doce Horizonte" (“sweet horizon”), in honor of the beautiful panoramic view of the Brazilian landscape that one has from the farm, both in the morning when the sun rises and in the afternoon when the sun goes down.