Pollard Coffee Guatemala Rio Colorado

The Rio Colorado farm is located in the village of El Manantial, municipality of Palencia, Republic of Guatemala, 62 km from the capital city. The farm began around 1920 by the Colom family and in 1950 it was inherited by Jose Colom Argueta. He was the promoter of coffee cultivation in the municipality of Palencia; he began coffee production and propagated its planting throughout neighboring villages through free nurseries, promoting the development of coffee cultivation as the main crop in Palencia.  Rio Colorado was established as a family business company in April of 1985 by the children of José Colom Argueta, José Carlos Colom Kaehler, and Ana Beatriz Colom Kaehler, it was founded specifically for agricultural and forestry production, especially dedicated to growing coffee. Currently, Rio Colorado continues to be a family business of three generations. After the death of its founder José Colom as well as his son José Carlos Colom Kaehler, it is now worked by Ana Beatriz Colom an