San Juan AgroExport is a family farming company founded in 1985 by the brothers Tulio García Morales and Víctor Hugo García Morales.
Taking advantage of exports increase, in 1992, was decided to re locate the facilities to the actual location.
Mission: We produce, process and sell competitive farm products of excellent quality, in an honest and responsible way guaranteeing the satisfaction of customers, producers, suppliers, collaborators and shareholders; in a framework of loyalty, respect and sustainability.
Vision: Consolidate leadership as a Guatemalan company that produces, processes and sells farm products in the United States and European markets.
As part of our philosophy we know the importance of seeking the common good of the community and society. To contribute to this we are governed by the following values:
We are a company founded in 1985 located in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. We work with groups of farmers who base their economy on agriculture, additionally, they use part of the land to plant corn and beans for family food and nutrition security. The main crops of San Juan Agroexport are: Snow Peas, Sugar Snap and French Green Beans.
Our success depends on an effective and efficient relationship with our clients and with our collaborators.
We promote the protection of the environment through integrated agricultural practices, such as better use of chemicals, crop rotation and proper waste management.
We believe and trust that the path to a better nation is to bet on education so we have three programs:
We strive to promote the socio-economic development of the country in a responsible and sustainable way.
Currently there are two health programs for the benefit of the San Juan AgroExport team.
Water is the vital liquid par excellence that ensures the existence of life on earth, it is the natural resource that helps other resources; In San Juan Agroexport we know this great truth very well, that is why we have various techniques that allow us to take care of this vital liquid, today we will see some of them.
Water Management Programs
The Environment Committee in San Juan Agroexport defines three activities in order to implement the integrated management of water resources:
1. Awareness and participation
As part of raising awareness in San Juan Agroexport, it is an important pillar to encourage awareness of the importance of water as a scarce resource and of the corresponding responsibilities for proper management.
2. Expansion of knowledge
Thanks to the data provided by the knowledge through the awareness of the care of the vital liquid, the knowledge is expanded on issues of supply security and the adequacy of water sanitation, all aimed at the rational use of water.
Waste water management
The management of wastewater in the plant has been standardized in order to meet the requirements set forth in the Regulation of the discharge and re-use of wastewater and the disposal of sludge (Government Agreement No. 236-2006), among the practices that exist are:
Physicochemical analysis of water: The physicochemical analysis of wastewater is carried out once every six months in order to verify compliance with the parameters established by the Regulation of discharge and reuse of wastewater and disposal of sludge.
Septic tanks: Septic tanks are used to capture discharge water from toilets, changing rooms and offices. These are kept in optimal conditions and the sludge is removed by a specialized company when it reaches its storage limit.
Wastewater treatment plant: The organization has two treatment plants for wastewater treatment, these receive internal maintenance two to three times a week to separate non-organic waste, additionally enzymes are being applied to help the degradation of fats from the detergents used in the cleaning and disinfection process and to reduce the amount of fecal coliforms present in the discharge water.
As a socially responsible company, it is our duty to ensure the care and conservation of water, it is a commitment to our planet as part of returning each of the benefits that it has given us, for such commitment is that #SomosSanJuan.
On several occasions we have touched on the importance of all those foods that we consume, they provide nutrients that promote the optimal functioning of our body and in most cases these contribute to the eradication and treatment of diseases, it is fully proven that a balanced diet It provides many benefits, but we also need to know the problems that could cause a picture of malnutrition.
Malnutrition and Malnutrition
It is important that we know these two terms that are commonly confused, but they represent a polar opposite to balanced nutrition.
Malnutrition: Refers to poor ingestion or poor absorption of nutrients in the body, it is also due in large part to hypocaloric or hypoprotein deficiency, unfortunately this process occurs mostly in underdeveloped countries, mostly in minors.
Malnutrition: Malnutrition refers specifically to the nutritional mismanagement that we may have, that is, excess nutrients or lack thereof, which are not necessarily associated with a deplorable physical state, in fact, being overweight is an example of malnutrition , since, in the absence of a good nutritional administration governed by healthy diets, the impact on the body is negative.
Malnutrition in rural areas
The causes of malnutrition (mostly child malnutrition) are due to structural deficiencies at the socioeconomic level of a country, other factors that occur are lack of access to education, The fact that a large part of the population living in rural regions does not have the possibility of a decent education, deprives job opportunities from being greater, and therefore the provision of a home is less, giving rise to a rationalization of food in family circles that generally exceed 5 members.
The Juan Francisco García Comparini Foundation promotes the eradication of malnutrition
For more than 8 years, the Juan Francisco García Comparini Foundation has promoted programs in the population that seeks every day the eradication of malnutrition problems, and in turn education in the community about the ways in which it can be
1. On a monthly basis, poor people are supported with bags of basic grains in vulnerable communities.
2. Month by month training on nutrition is given to more than 450 women from different communities in the Sumpango and San Lucas Sacatepéquez area.
3. We have an incaparin treatment program for children with malnutrition problems, the duration of each program is according to the needs of each patient.
4. The corporate programs "My Pantry" and Pharmacy, for the employees of the different companies of our corporation, provide basic grains at lower prices than the market, as well as the ease of obtaining them through payment credit programs.
5. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, support has been provided to communities with deliveries of food bags and donations of vegetables to low-income communities.
As a socially responsible company, our commitment to the community with regard to nutrition is one of the most important pillars since we know first-hand the importance of a balanced, green and constant nutrition to benefit our nation and our population, it is for what #SomosSanJuan.
