Sunfresh Farms puts Guatemalan flowers on the map

They were the first flower farm in the world to be certified by Rain Forest Alliance , one of the first companies in Latin America that are shipping flowers by sea , doing it for 20 years now , and of late was namedGuatemala ’s National Exporter of the Year 2023.The farm in question is Sunfresh Farms in Guatemala . In this clause more about the farm and how they have developed and grown over the years .

90 ha of flowersFor more than 25 age , Sunfresh Farms is uprise flowers in the gamey deal of Guatemala , a dandy place to produce flowers , Lizzy Montero , the farms ' Sales and Marketing Manager , explains . " The growing region make love as the Alto Plano is famous for its deep volcanic ash soils and cool dark . This combined with gamey intensity sunlight , produces groovy quality bloom . "

Currently , they grow flowers on 90 hectares and their independent crops are the rose , spray develop , gypsophila , lily , freesia , dianthus , helianthus , statice , stock , and gerbera . They also give rise blueberries for the local securities industry . Their flower in the main go to the USA , Canada , and Central America .

holiday good for local communityWith Christmas around the corner , Sunfresh Farms is proud of with the need . Christmas is an important holiday , but Valentine ’s Day and Mother ’s Clarence Day are by far their biggest holidays . And not only for them , also for the local community . Montero : " These holiday allow us to hire additional multitude in our local communities . The additional income offer for the multitude in these rural community is a swelled boost to the local economies . We are proud of the important part we play in the cloth of the surround community . "

They are preparing 5 to 6 month before each holiday , she explains . " From the plants , till the the packing cloth , the spaces in airline , boat and motortruck , it all train organization . "

Putting Guatemalan flowers on the mapSunfresh Farms is dealing with several challenge , like many other growers , but one major challenge they are dole out with is to place Guatemalan heyday in the grocery . " Guatemala is not as well - have a go at it as Colombia or Ecuador in the yield of flowers . Those countries do a great job and have for a long time . So , we decided to concenter on the things we can control . Our end is to continue to bring on great quality flowers from Guatemala . We feel that our body and quality will assist to preserve to place Guatemalan flowers in the same conversation with Colombia and Ecuador . We feel like we have some very strategic advantages . We remain to specify the crop we should be bring out in Guatemala based on those advantages . That signify trying new varieties , and new cultivars and then evaluating if this total time value to the overall flower market . We do n’t only look at how well it does from a farm viewpoint , but does it add note value to the overall flower market . "

proceed expansions , but at a historic paceOver the last two yr , they expanded rapidly to keep up with the need that increased significantly during the pandemic . For the come years , they are planning to stay development , but more at a historical stride .

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