After visiting the last plantation today, some of the advantages of a cooperative company are a democratic environment and resources. There are about 900 families out of 1,200 families in the valley that are part of the cooperative company. Once a year, they meet to discuss their big future plans to vote on whether or…
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Mind your nanners!
Both the banana and pineapple plantations took steps to ensure that they were acting in a sustainable way. Both plantations were organic, so they don’t use synthetic pesticides, and making sure their crops are not contaminated by any chemicals. Both plantations also use parts of their plants as compost that then gets turned into fertilizer…
You’re the pineAPPLE of my eye
After visiting the pineapple and banana plantation, my knowledge about the growth and exportation of these various products expanded. Of the three products, bananas are the least complex to produce. The banana production involves digging out the smallest plant at the base of the banana crop and then planting it somewhere else to reproduce it….
Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold
Humanity will never be able to be be as productive as possible, while also protecting and conserving all of nature. If people want to grow the most food possible, they will have to destroy many different ecosystems in order to achieve this goal. On the other hand, if humanity wants to conserve and restore nature…
The Big Green Mountain
The communities that we drove through on the way to Monteverde was more what I expected from Costa Rica, with the sparse villages, and individual houses all over the mountains. I found it ironic that the people in more remote locations seemed less surprised by the tour bus than the ones that live in the…
Tourist Trap Tours
I’m not surprised that Ticos don’t seem to like the coffee sold by cafe brit. Cafe Brit is not really a coffee company as much as it is a marketing company. They take advantage of the relative lack of knowledge that tourists have about coffee, and say that they are a gourmet brand. Ticos most…
My First Full Day in Paradise
Today was my first full day spent in Costa Rica. My activities today included going on a walking tour of Heredia, eating at a wonderful restaurant, and hanging out by the hotel pool. Due to these experiences, my first impression of Costa Rica are that it is an old yet beautiful place with very kind…