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00:00In the hills of Barruta, a few kilometers from Caracas, Venezuela, the Ramos family has been running a farm for over 25 years to generate a self-sufficient economy.
00:12Our correspondent, Álvaro Fragua, gives us more details about the life of this family as part of another episode of Venezuela on the Move.
00:21It all started with a dream and a few seeds.
00:23Joel picked up the torch from his father, who founded this farm with his own hands.
00:28Among the hills and rains of Ollo de la Puerta, he has been bringing plants to transform a barren plot of land into a productive space.
00:35Well, cacao. I started bringing Persian limes.
00:42Mandarins.
00:45Other fruits that I didn't have here.
00:48Pumagas. Yes, many varieties of plants.
00:52But the biggest challenge wasn't planting. It was getting there.
00:55For an entire year, Joel carved the road with a pig and a shovel to connect his farm to the community.
01:02A road that today serves his children, his neighbors, and other farmers.
01:07Roads.
01:08Many say that when I talk to them about roads, here and there, when I look out, they say,
01:13No, you're crazy. You don't believe it.
01:16I don't believe you're going to put the road there.
01:18His cousin Ignacio works the land.
01:21He tells her that medicinal plants and anti-inflammatory plants like broadleaf and spices grow in the soil.
01:27But not everyone can identify them.
01:29They are part of the wisdoms of the farmers.
01:31This is wild coriander, okay?
01:36And this is the broadleaf plant.
01:39A, it's very similar to the seasoning of common coriander that they sell in the markets.
01:45But actually, for me, in my opinion, this is the one that gives the final touch to any meal.
01:51Joel Farms operates on a self-sufficient basis.
01:57The family lives off what they grow and sells the surplus to neighbors.
02:01When production exceeds local demand, they take it to the coche market in Caracas.
02:07And partly, when I have no way to sell it to the community, because the community don't buy every day,
02:12I have someone to take it to the market.
02:15The residents value the proximity and the quality of the products.
02:18Well, I have bought avocados, I bought bananas, I bought scallions, coriander,
02:27and lettuce that he planted a while ago, and other little things like that, black beans, corn, and it's been great.
02:38Really great, delicious.
02:41Everything I've bought from him is great.
02:43Now, Eber continues the work of representing the virtues of the countryside versus the city.
02:50Well, I could say proud, proud, because very few people dedicate themselves to this, to agriculture, which is not easy.
02:59However, I had the advantage of having a father who likes agriculture,
03:03and of growing up in an environment where everything is nature.
03:08Eber's motivation and his commitment to the environment are a guarantee for the future of this farm and the community.
03:15I do see a future for it.
03:17I do see a future for it.
03:18It just needs more time put into it, more time, but 400, 500 avocado trees, 400 orange trees, 400 lemon trees.
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