Avenue Coffee - Fazenda Ouro Verde (Brazil)

Fazenda Ouro Verde (Green Gold Farm) is one of four farms owned by the Naimeg group – a family business headed up by the founder Gerson Naimeg. Gerson, the son of a German settler and Brazillian mother, established his first farm in 1965 when he bought a small plot of land in Uba located in northern Parana. Like many others, he and his family moved to the Cerrado to avoid the annual threat of frost and now they have four farms in the region. Fazenda Ouro Verde is around 130 hectares in size with 100 hectares set aside for coffee and is located near the city of Patos de Minas at an altitude of approximately 1000 metres above sea level. The farm successfully grows varietals of Catuai and Acaia on the local clay loam soils. Harvesting is mechanical thanks to the flat lay of the land.

In line with Brazillian law, 20% of the land at Fazenda Ouro Verde is given over to a nature reserve where indigenous plants provide a habitat for wildlife. This coupled with the social standards which have been established for the people that work the land, has led to Rainforest Alliance certification for the farm.