FAZENDA ARACAÇU

PAULO FERNANDO CHAVES DE BRITO

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It all began over a century ago, when our grandparents started writing the story of our family at Fazendas Caxambu and Aracaçu. Among eight siblings, our mother, Ivone, inherited Fazenda Caxambu. She was already married to our father, Francisco José, descendant of a family of sugarcane producers, and together they began their journey in coffee cultivation and milk production. Shortly after, they acquired Fazenda Aracaçu, which at the time belonged to one of our mother’s sisters. We are five siblings, and we grew up learning to live in harmony with nature and to respect it as the foundation of our livelihood.
Today, we are the third generation leading the farm’s management, while the fifth generation is already preparing to take part in the family business. For many years, this legacy has provided opportunities for people to build honest, healthy, and dignified lives, with coffee as the driving force behind all our development.