By Jeannie Balanda | Executive Director
Santos and Cristina live on their own. They weave products for MayaWorks and supplement their income by cultivating crops. The mother and daughter team recently took out a microcredit loan to purchase seed to plant a carrot field. These carrots are being grown for the export market where the sale of the crop will result in a nice profit for the pair. Crops are excellent projects if the weather cooperates. So far this season, the weather has been perfect for growing deliciously sweet carrots.
Santos and Cristina were pleased to show off their microcredit project to a group of North American visitors this past February! The tourists were impressed with the size of the carrots. Santos showed her appreciation by pulling carrots directly from the ground and peeling them for her visitors to eat by the side of the field. Carrots never tasted so fresh!
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