Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision and mission is to produce the best coffee in the world and use its income and influence to build a community of like-minded people with all the necessary infrastructure and resources to survive and thrive.
Finca ChakanaCruz
The 150 acres that makes up Finca ChakanaCruz is located 4 degrees south of the equator along the Piscobamba River 7 miles from Vilcabamba in the Ecuadorian province of Loja. At 4500' in the Andes mountains, with good soil, plenty of pure water and sunlight it is perfect for growing coffee. Year round spring weather is generally 55-75* Fahrenheit.
The finca has been designed as an offgrid, self-sustaining, permaculture farm with enough production to provide for its residents and workers, the balance is sold locally to cover workers salaries and equipment maintenance.
Coffee production will provide for expansion within ChakanaCruz. Plans will include a health clinic and services for the finca and local area.
Resources
Finca ChakanaCruz gets its abundant water supply sourced high in the Andes Mountains. The water is pure and contains colloidal silver and gold and other important minerals.
Miles of irrigation pipes and tubing provides drip systems to the individual coffee plants, the orchards, gardens and housing. All done by gravity so no pumps are necessary.
A hydro-generator unit is also powered from this water source and flows into the 125,000 gallon tilapia pond below it.
Coffee Production
20,000 Geisha beans that won the 2020 World's Best Coffee Award were purchased and started at ChakanaCruz.
Soil and coffee engineers were hired and the seedlings were planted according to the lunar cycles to give the coffee plants the best chance of thriving.
Natural fertilizers and pesticides are used and manual clearing around the plants prevent chemical contamination of the coffee and environment.
Inca Hut/Ancestral House
Finca ChakanaCruz is located near many Incan ruins and their offspring intermarried and settled throughout the area. It is important to maintain healthy relationships with the local indigenous people and not to build in areas that are burial grounds or sacred to them.
Permissions were asked of the local elders and agreements were made of where to build and how to build with respect to their ancestors and to the land. An Ancestral House was constructed by a local Inca descendent using the same methods the ancient Inca used and in an area where the Inca settled. Inca pottery fragments were found at the construction site.
This is an ideal location for weddings and ceremonies.
