Brazil Minas Gerais Fazenda Salto

This coffee is produced by the Araujo Reis family at Fazenda Salto. Their strong belief in social equity and environmental protection extends to every aspect of their farm from an excellent school to safe housing for workers and stringent wastewater treatment protocols. 

Fazenda Salto has been in the Araujo Reis family for generations. Today, the family is led by Dr Fabio Araujo Reis, a retired physician who lives on the farm full time.

Fabio’s great-great-grandfather, a doctor with a degree in engineering, created a strong family legacy of holistic social and environmental responsibility at their coffee farms. When Fazenda Salto was purchased in the 1970s, they continued their focus on the social well-being of their workers and strong environmental protections on the farm.

One important pillar of Fazenda Salto is their focus on education for the children of farm workers and those in the surrounding community. The Araujo Reis family puts an emphasis on education, and many of them have doctorates and other high-level degrees. They founded a school on the farm about 50 years ago for the children of workers. Today, that school has blossomed into a model school that’s run by the state and educates the children of workers and children from the surrounding community. In particular, the school has an internet access project that connects children to the wider world through the internet and teaches them valuable computer skills.

While Brazil has public healthcare, the Araujo Reis family works with employees to help them access the services they need. Since Dr. Fabio’s brother is also a doctor, they work together to ensure that employees and community members have access to medically appropriate care.

Dr. Fabio instilled his love for the land and coffee production in his 3 sons and 2 daughters, three of whom oversee the day-to-day operations on the farm. Their children, Dr. Fabio’s grandchildren, are now young adults and also work on the farm.

Filter roast

Process: Natural 
Variety: Bourbon, Catuai, Icatu, Red Catuai, Mundo Novo 
Altitude: 1100 m

Yellow fruits. Cocoa. Nuts.