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dude, maybe this story in today's paper explains your old man's dissatisfaction with Black Bean Soup in CR




Costa Rica only produces about a fifth of what it consumes in beans,



A.M. Costa Rica staff

A local bean marketer says it has purchased 10,000 quintals of the product from Costa Rican producers. A quintal is 100 kilos or 220 pounds.

The company is KANI Mil Novecientos Uno S.A., which markets the Frijoles Don Pedro and Labrador and Frijoles 1901 brands.

The company said it made the purchases since January as part of its social responsibility program. The firm said it is paying prices above the international market to keep local producers in business. Some bean farmers, mainly in the northern zone, have suffered from flooding. Others have suffered from drought.

Costa Rica only produces about a fifth of what it consumes in beans, said the firm. KANI is on the lookout for
locations in other countries where quality beans can be produced.

But it also is trying to promote local production, said its general manger, Álvaro Vargas.

Among the recent purchases was that of 3,000 quintals from the 300 members of the Asociación de Pequeños Productores de México de Upala. The association has 20,000 quintals in storage there and has received just one other offer to purchase, said William Peraza, the president.

He also said that the government should help with certified seeds and that the climate has hurt production. He said he was happy that KANI is trying to help small producers.

KANI also noted it had cut the shelf price of its Frijoles Don Pedro black beans in 2009 and that it cut the price of red beans last November.



(still working on lack of a good cold glass of milk problem)

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What you don't you like boxed milk?