Farm: Fazenda Canta Galo
Producer: Heron Reger de Carvalho Junior
Purchasing relationship: 2 years
Region: Campos Altos, Cerrado Mineiro, Minas Gerais (Araxá, Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaíba)
Altitude: 1070-1230 masl, 19.7°S
Located in Campos Altos in the Cerrado Mineiro of Minas Gerais, Canta Galo is a traditional family farm. This area is one of Brazil’s higher-altitude coffee growing regions and it thus benefits from great climatic conditions for the cultivation of coffee.
Marina do Carmo Santanna de Carvalho and her son Heron Reger de Carvalho Junior grow a number of different varieties on their 48-hectare farm, which sounds big compared to many coffee farms we work with in other countries, but not so much when you compare it to coffee farms in Brazil.
Canta Galo literally means the rooster sings. But not only roosters roam the hills of the farm. More than 60% of the Fazenda Canta Galo is untouched land with rainforest, waterfalls and springs that help to preserve the sustainability of the local ecosystem.
Always seeking ways to improve the quality of their coffee, it comes as no surprise that this very coffee lot has won 4th place in the Pulped Natural category of the 7th Campos Altos and Region Coffee Quality Competition. We value the partnership with Heron, whom we have met when he was visiting Europe.
