The Hato Don Benja story began in 1974 when Benjamin Perez, a brother of 31 and father of 8, started the first commercial dairy farm in the family. Today, as a 3rd generation of farmers, Carlos Alberto, son of Alfredo and Lourdes, founded Hato Don Benja.

 

Carlos Alberto grown in a 75-loved-cow farm located at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He attended college and received a B.S. in agronomy at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. While at college Carlos completed internships in Crave Brothers Farmstead & Cheese and Babcock Dairy Plant, and achieved certifications in Hoof Trimming, Artificial Insemination, Dairy Products, Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point, and others that prepared him to the farming journey.