This demanding activity takes place annually in Panama, and is becoming a more demanding activity each year for us, as the new farms that we planted over the last 3 and 4 years, are starting to produce coffee for the first time.
Traditionally we would hire temporary workers, mainly from la Comarca, to assist during this busy time of the year.
However, for this 20/21 cycle the story will be a little different, due to the global pandemic and precautionary measures in place in Panama and at our company.
For these reasons, and in order to preserve the health of our permanent workers and their families, we decided not to hire any additional temporary workers. Instead, we will manage all the harvesting activities with our permanent staff. A complicated activity to coordinate, but our team is doing an amazing job.
The plan consists of organizing the staff by farm, and keeping a very tight schedule prioritizing those farms that reach a level of ripeness quicker than others.
Having our own permanent workers in the field will reduce the infection risk by avoiding outside influences, and our team has been trained and equipped to follow all the necessary sanitary controls, measuring temperature, regularly washing hands and the mandatory use of masks.
The coffee industry is constantly changing, not just under pandemic scenarios, and there is always a need to assess and adapt.
We are doing our small part to protect our team,their families and our community, while still delivering the very best specialty coffee we can produce.
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