1964: Judd Fuller served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chile in Labranza, Puren beginning in 1964



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Judd Fuller can be contacted at chairdrahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Chile

Training Group: Chile IX

Cities you served in: Labranza, Puren

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description:

Community Development. Established marketing cooperative in Puren for sale of Merken.

Originally posted: August 8, 2008

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By Judd Fuller (208.100.201.240) on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 5:43 pm: Edit Post

Re: Merken
Merken is now being marketed in the USA!! This is truly amazing to me. I remember that in '65 the Mapuche were selling it individually door to door. Northern Chileans couldn't find it when they came to Puren. In the 90's Catholic University Temuco started a project to standardize its production and export it. Today it is imported by Zocalo Gourmet, Seattle WA. It is produced by Chilean Gourmet. I have written to UCT hoping to find out if our small co-op had some small part to play here. I do know that Michael Turner who followed me in '66 continued the co-op. He said it continued to have success.