Danilo Andrade, Cocatrel Cooperative, Brazil | Natural MUK-8269

Cocatrel Cocatrel, officially known as Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores da Zona de Três Pontas, was founded on August 14, 1960, during a meeting at the Commercial Association of Três Pontas. It officially began operations on July 18, 1961, with the mission of fostering cooperatives among coffee producers. Its primary goals include processing, standardising, storing, and marketing the coffee production of its members while safeguarding their economic, professional, and social well-being. Today, Cocatrel is the second-largest coffee cooperative in Brazil, representing over 8,000 members and managing a storage capacity of 3,000,000 bags of coffee. The cooperative operates multiple warehouses across the coffee-growing regions of Três Pontas, Córrego do Ouro, Paraíso, Varginha, Três Corações, Nepomuceno, Santa da Vargem, Ilicínea, Guapé, Santo Antônio do Amparo, and Coqueiral. Its commitment to supporting producers and delivering high-quality coffee has cemented its reputation both nationally and internationally. Danilo Andrade Danilo is from a family of coffee growers in the city of Três Pontas. Since he was very young, Danilo's father already taught his children about coffee production. Danilo graduated as an Agricultural Engineer and right after college he started working in a company that sold fertilisers. Over the years, Danilo managed to buy his own fertiliser company, where he worked for many years, until in 2017 he decided to sell the company and buy the Terra Nova farm. In 2022 Danilo, thinking about the production of special coffees, bought the Zaroca farm, a farm highly regarded for the excellent coffees it produces. Currently, Danilo is dedicated to the production of high-quality coffees, being a great reference in the region, in the model of farm management, productivity and quality of the coffee plantations.

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