Residents of El Jarillo honor their traditions and heritage
Local farmers in El Jarillo are looking for new ways to increase their production for the benefit of the inhabitants of this region of Venezuela. teleSUR
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00:00 And in a new episode of Venezuela on the move, our colleagues Adriana Sibori and Jesús Romero
00:25 take us to another remote spot in the Venezuelan geography, El Jarrillo in Miranda State.
00:31 There, and this time in the slopes of the mountains, local farmers look for new sustainable
00:36 ways to ensure the production while honoring their traditions and the heritage.
00:41 This is the Venezuela that resists and also grows.
00:44 Let's see.
00:45 The mountain landscape opens and gives way to the fog.
00:51 El Jarrillo is one of the villages in the area that stands out from the heights.
00:56 And the climate does not exceed 18 degrees.
01:01 José Adrián was 100% dedicated to flowers, but he was seduced by a new love.
01:08 I am extremely in love with this type of cultivation.
01:12 Venezuelan coffee is so incredible that every day you find something different.
01:17 A new flavor, a new texture, a new body and the sweetness of this coffee.
01:22 These are specialty coffee beans.
01:24 The red beans are sweeter than the yellow ones.
01:29 He does all the work himself in the fields, where he spends hours collecting, then he
01:34 cleans the harvest beans to finally roast them.
01:37 His coffee has won the eighth place in international events and he sells it to local inhabitants.
01:43 I will not leave Venezuela even if they take me tied up.
01:46 The neighbor is someone who won't leave either.
01:49 We follow his steps to his farm, where he was also a floriculturist.
01:54 However, due to the difficult economic situation, he was forced to change his line of farming.
02:00 My grandparents were farmers and by inheritance my parents were farmers as well.
02:06 The farm is a family farm.
02:08 My wife and my daughter help me, but we also have eight other people who collaborate in
02:14 the clean work.
02:17 They are looking for excellence and one of the vegetables they collect is Romanesco broccoli,
02:22 which is a mix with cauliflower and the interesting thing is that according to experts, they have
02:27 perfect geometry and they have repeated designs in different sizes.
02:32 These lands are fertile all year long.
02:36 Here you can grow anything you plant.
02:39 El Jarillo is a beautiful place with a wonderful climate.
02:43 The soil is excellent to work with.
02:47 This family farm has been growing vegetables and fruits for 30 years, not only outdoors
02:52 like the typical beaches of the region, but also in the greenhouse where they can control
02:56 the climate.
02:57 There you can see strawberries or tomatoes.
03:00 They have their own irrigation system.
03:03 The village was founded by Germans about 133 years ago, but is now inhabited by Venezuelans.
03:11 There are 23 families in the region dedicated to agriculture.