Antonio Ramirez and his family have been working with Sustainable Harvest since July 2008.  He is married with 5 children.  Prior to working with SHI, he was only growing  basic crops, like corn, beans, cassava and some coffee.  Now working with his field trainer, Jorge Rodriguez, he has diversified his plot with different vegetables like tomato, cabbage, onion, beets, mustard, pepper and watermelons, as well as coffee and timber-yielding trees.