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Farming In Costa RicaMonica Darnieder

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Geography Warm climate Fertile soils Abundance of water

(4 meters yearly) Irrigation 10% of land used for

agriculture

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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

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Serving the People Exports: bananas,

coffee, oranges, and seafood

1998, GDP 15% & employed 1/5th of the population

Many famer’s markets around for selling goods

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Comparison to U.S.A

Costa Rica U.S.A

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Similarities

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How We’ll Experience Their Farming

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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