Guy is one of the founders of the Brazilian Speciality Coffee Association. He is a big proponent of letting the land be the land - that is, encouraging and working with the native trees and plants that grow on the farm. Viewing them as helping the earth perform as it should. He wants to work with nature rather than try to control it. He has introduced firebreaks on the farm to protect form fires that are common in this area. The hot dry season often sees roadside fires breakout and spread. Paraiso was forcefully split in two with a road that was needed for the local town, so more than many this is an important factor for him.

The farm is located in a traditional coffee-growing district of Cabo Verde, in a region that presents ideal conditions for coffee production, such as a climate with well-defined seasons, low humidity and favourable temperatures.