Category: Peru

While hanging out with a few of you, the question “what was your average day like in Peru?” has come up numerous times. Usually it’s been posed while we were out walking or shopping or something equally distracting. So I thought I’d post a completed answer: 6:00 AM (or 6:30) – Start the day The roosters…

Now, a little bit of detail about the coffee farm I was working on: Yellow River Farm has approximately 8000 coffee trees planted over 1.5 hectares, with another 1.5 hectares available to expand. Their land is spread across the western canyon face: thus they have coffee “fields” (coffee trees among banana, cacao & limon trees…

Hola! I thank you all for your patience! While the first week on the farm offered the illusion of a summer full of solid routine, my hopes for such were quickly foiled by reality. In spite of a regular wake up from the roosters each dawn, farms are anything but “routine.” They are constantly changing…