La Pradera is the yield of 100 small shareholder farmers who are paid a premium for the premium cherries their farms produce. The mill hosts soil laboratories to assist the farmers in deciding how to treat their soil in the most efficient way possible; the mills also offer other technical education on best farm practices.
Delos Andes Cooperative pursues a mission to improve the income of coffee farming families, allow access to more specialty markets, provide better working conditions and education for farmers, and to improve the sustainability of coffee production. All of these efforts are made to ensure the permanence of their business for future generations of coffee farmers.