07/26/2025
Pura Vida! Muchas gracias, and for sharing your knowledge! I was blessed to join Rancho Mastatal an Agroforestry course where we explored their food forests, new syntropic site, enjoyed lovely classroom spaces for slideshows and discussions on silvopasture, made compost and learned their “Mountain Microorganism” fertility practices, practiced propagation, checked out their biodigester and worm ops…saw harvested wood going into their new dormitory, observed rainforest patterns, and of course dined together with our short lived but instant community. Robin and Tim are absolute legends holding space for 24 years inspiring and equipping “permies”, us humans who want to live rich lives in harmony not at the expense of the planet, MAHALO NUI for all you have done! We also did family tour of neighboring multi generational chocolate farm.
We drove by so many farms, so much cattle, roadside corn, but somehow I didn’t see much of the coffee or pineapple Costa is known for (and responsible for high pesticide use)…we missed the cow cheese tour I had scheduled but did make it to sweet Rancho Avellanas to learn more about goats and catch up with farm owner Carlos.
We will be planting more tithonia and look forward to hosting all of you here:)
We need to grow more food on our little island!
