The first coffee beans are ready to be harvested since their planting in family-owned farms in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Some unlikely pickers are lending a hand. - NBCLatino
Noriega, 25, was among a dozen first-time volunteers helping coffee grower Pedro Pons, whose farm, Hacienda Pons in the town of Lares, had been completely wiped out after the deadly 2017 storm.a youth-led independent nonprofit group whose goal is to spur economic development and long-term sustainability in the island archipelago.
“It really gave us a lot of hope that we could get back up again,” said Iris Janette Rodríguez, a coffee grower in the town of Adjuntas and the president ofIris Janette Rodríguez, a coffee grower in the town of Adjuntas.Rodríguez said it takes three to five years for a coffee tree to produce its first crop. But coffee farmers such as herself are facing another challenge that puts their miracle harvest at risk — a shortage of pickers.
"The reality is that it's often not enough," Torres, 55, said of the available pickers."That's why I was so grateful to welcome these volunteers." A week before, Torres had welcomed volunteers from Puerto Rico's metropolitan area, who had never worked on a farm before.
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