Economy of Guaitarilla

Industry flour

The Muisca corn used for the production of food products such as corn tortillas and breads but not by the passage of time its people forget the development of Chicha , alcoholic drink with that enlivened their festivals and family as mingas and entejes their homes.

Given the climatic conditions of the municipality itself to the cultivation of cereals, especially maize, wheat and barley, naturally forced villagers to develop a small milling industry to take wheat derivatives.

This processing of cereals was notorious leading to the development of small water mills, windmills whose best strength is activated by the fall of the strong water current. Machines rudimentary but cleverly constructed that allowed obtaining products like flour, flour, bran and corn soup crushed as arneada (is known inside the country as cuchuco) and porridge or milk based morocho to the famous snacks peasant farmers, also cornmeal to make the famous milk bread and corn bread, pies, meringues with caramel or pumpkin and sweet figs and figs or cobs or "panuchas" Bird-shaped and decorated in different colors . These corn variety called CORN CAPIA.

So abundant in wheat harvest, resulted in the sale of other peoples as IPIALES AND PASTURE where developed an advanced milling industry in the town this happened with a medium capacity mill but high technology owned Arturo Solarte who is one of the producers to large national and international importer.

By not generate adequate profitability and wheat being necessary to bring other parts which enjoined the production process was uninstalled and taken to pasture