Of the 500 thousand Colombian coffee growing families, 95% are conformed of by rural families that have less than 5 hectares of coffee plantations. This fragmentation of land ownership and the characteristics of the subsistence economy, level of satisfaction of basic needs and the low educational level present within the Latin-American agricultural community, make them vulnerable to changes within their environment. The only way to face these vulnerabilities and to obtain benefits for the entire community is by unifying under a strong Federation with robust institutions.

Colombian coffee growers harvest the land along  the Andes Mountains. that in Colombia are divided into  three chains that cross the whole country from South to North. This geographic conditions helped the development of diverse communities with different culture, ethnic backgrounds, including indigenous communities, afro-descendent and colonials descendents. The proud people of Nariño, Pasto, Huila, Boyacá, Valledupar, Cauca, Tolima, Antioquia, Santander, and the Caribbean and the Colombian Plains regions add their marvelous cultures to the large family of Colombian coffee growers, creating a very strong social network around their product.