While in Cuenca I had met Fernando, a young agro engineer, who runs an organic farm in Susudel. As this tiny village was on my way to Loja anyway, I decided to stop by for a day and experience some Ecuadorian farm life! My father will probably not believe me that I did this voluntarily..... but it was an interesting experience.
Fernando and his wife mainly produce dried fruits and meat, different sweets and jams as well as tea, which they sell in some shops in Cuenca and on the local markets around Susudel. For me the village life looked almost like out of a museum, all the work is done manually with oxen and only a few (like Fernando) own a tractor and machines!
Around Susudel
The farm and Fernando in action
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