Farming In Costa Rica Monica Darnieder 1. Geography 2  Warm climate  Fertile soils  Abundance of water (4 meters yearly)  Irrigation  10% of land.

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Farming In Costa Rica Monica Darnieder 1

Geography 2  Warm climate  Fertile soils  Abundance of water (4 meters yearly)  Irrigation  10% of land used for agriculture

3 Evolving Over Time - Started back in 3,000 B.C. with mostly fruit trees and rooted plants - Corn is now HUGE staple crop grown - More organic farming - - first product was coffee - Member of Slow Food International Convivial - WWOOF- World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

Serving the People 4  Exports: bananas, coffee, oranges, and seafood  1998, GDP 15% & employed 1/5 th of the population  Many famer’s markets around for selling goods

Comparison to U.S.A Costa RicaU.S.A 5

Similarities 6

How We’ll Experience Their Farming 7

My Connection  Psychology Major  Intervention levels  Interpersonal- eat organic produce  Intrapersonal- whole family is organic  Institutional- part of co-op at Out-Post  Community- supporters of farmer’s markets  Public policy- signed petitions for mandatory labeling GMOs  Health Coaching  I <3 food 8

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