Southwest Antioquia coffee hub and home to the large Cooperandes cooperative.
Andes is a municipio in southwest Antioquia, Colombia. Coffee cultivation began there in the 1890s and it became one of Antioquia's major producers alongside Fredonia. It is the base of the Cooperandes cooperative, founded in 1961.
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Cooperandes was founded in 1961 by 41 growers from Andes, Betania and Jardín.
Elsewhere in Antioquia
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- Andes (Antioquia) · Wikipedia (es)
- El cooperativismo caficultor en Colombia: la Cooperativa de Caficultores de Andes, 1927-2015 · SciELO México