One of the highlights of my trip to Misiones/Corrientes in January 2016 was seeing the yerba mate harvest. I am incredibly grateful that a yerba mate producer gave me a tour of some of his land planted with yerba mate. I not only got to see the yerba trees, I got to see the application of pesticides, cutting of weeds, and the harvest and I spoke with the tariferos (harvesters), quadrillero (the boss of the tariferos), and the peons (the yerba mate producer's year-round workers). What a great experience!
I am incredibly grateful to the yerba mate producer and his workers for giving me this wonderful opportunity! It's one thing to read about the yerba mate harvest and it is another thing to actually see it.