Nicaragua Finca El Encino

Finca El Encino is a 27-hectare farm owned by Martha Lucia Albir Sotomayor. Together with her sister Ana, she manages the Cafetos de Segovia micromill as well as managing her own coffee farms. Ana and Martha inherited their passion for coffee from their father who bought a coffee farm in 1991, tending to it with dedication until political strife forced his family to leave the country.
Cafetos de Segovia provides milling and exporting services not only for their own family farms but also for 11 nearby farms owned by friends and family.
Martha takes special care to preserve the natural forest and its ecosystem and wildlife. She works with an ecoforestry coffee model, supporting native flora and fauna and protecting water sources.
She also works to better the lives of the community by employing within the region and supporting educational programs for primary and preschool children.
The Albir family hopes to make the farm a tourist attraction for national and foreign visitors to share their work and education. They also want to continue to implement ecoforestry production systems on the farm and better preserve the quality of harvested coffee.