Fertile Crescent Rich fertile soil (Tigris and Euphrates Rivers) Mesopotamia.
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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