Antonia Fuentes
🇲🇽Mexico

Antonia Fuentes

Antonia Fuentes is a smallholder coffee farmer based in the Sierra Sur region of Oaxaca, Mexico. She is a member of the Lovene producer group and operates her farm, Rancho La Perla, where she produces high-elevation, washed-process coffee.

Farm: Rancho La Perla →

History

Born in the village of San Andrés Lovene, where Zapotec is spoken, Antonia Fuentes has developed her coffee production skills over many seasons. Her work at Rancho La Perla gained international recognition when her coffee became the subject of North American exports by specialty roasters.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.

Antonia Fuentes — coffee farmer illustration 1
Antonia Fuentes — coffee farmer illustration 2
Antonia Fuentes — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Antonia Fuentes