Produce and produce are words of first order for Ramiro Mendoza Cruz, Head of Collective in the medicinal plant farm belonging to the Agroindustrial Company of the Calixto García Administration located in the Popular Council of La Jíquima.
He “Assures that there is no time to waste” and when asked by this reporter he prefers to invite her to give him a tour, because as the saying goes “Vista makes faith.” “Fourteen varieties of medicinal plants, including Caña Santa, Plantain, Aloe Vera, Lemon, Mint, Orange, Blue Majagua, among others, attract the attention of neighbors and visitors who praise the increasingly palpable advances in land cavalry with the objective of ensuring, to a large extent, the production of drugs intended for the health of the people.”
The task, he confesses: "has not been easy but the word pledged more than 2 years ago is law" so in the face of limitations with the workforce and electric current there has been no choice but to reinforce the work to ensure that what was planted here yield harvest. “It is a big challenge, you can see it here, and we continue in the fight for more lines and if we have to water at night, we are here and ready.”
"In January, says Mendoza Cruz, the results were favorable when marketing a ton of oregano and Caña santa and in February the indicators show a similar path. Although we are happy about it, we know that these soils can offer much more for the good of the Calixteños”.
“In a neighboring area, he specifies, we are already thinking about extending the planting of Oregano and Santa Cane, which are the plantations in greatest demand in the network of local and provincial pharmacies in order to seek greater income and take advantage of each piece of land.” .
And although work hardly leaves time for rest, Ramiro is aware that nowadays we have to think big. “Together with the Agroindustrial Company we are creating conditions to achieve a Drying House that would allow us to offer other services that would even serve to season food”
Ramiro Mendoza Cruz, Head of Collective in the medicinal plant farm belonging to the Agroindustrial Company of the Calixto García Administration located in the Popular Council of La Jíquima.
A few meters from the medicinal plant farm, lessons are also offered with the leadership of this enterprising man. When asked, the answer is clear and precise “I work and I work as a journalist.” About 4.5 hectares of crops such as chili, tomato, pumpkin and orange green the fields of Jíquima with the goal of food sovereignty. This is how the days go by for this industrious and lawful man who grows and contributes for the common good with the fruit of their sweat.
