On this tour, I visited an organic coffee bean estate in Costa Rica. This organic coffee bean estate is known for its coffee and founded on coffee; however, it is also experimenting with growing other organic crops such as vegetables. These are grown in-ground and in green houses. All of the water the crops receive is preserved rain water. The organic flowers that happen to grow on the estate, such as blue hydrangeas, are the largest I have personally ever seen.
The tour started out with the Gardens and then we took a drive to the estate. We finished with lunch at a beautiful site. We walked down to the river to take pictures as well!
All in all, it was a lovely (and very informative) day.
The fact that Costa Rica has bypassed heavy industrialization and gone straight to organic and sustainable living for much of its agriculture industry, such as this specific estate, speaks volumes for the success of many developing countries. This is a true example of what other countries can accomplish and it is a lesson to those developed countries that are already heavily industrialized for what they can do to follow a model of sustainability.
The tour started out with the Gardens and then we took a drive to the estate. We finished with lunch at a beautiful site. We walked down to the river to take pictures as well!
All in all, it was a lovely (and very informative) day.
The fact that Costa Rica has bypassed heavy industrialization and gone straight to organic and sustainable living for much of its agriculture industry, such as this specific estate, speaks volumes for the success of many developing countries. This is a true example of what other countries can accomplish and it is a lesson to those developed countries that are already heavily industrialized for what they can do to follow a model of sustainability.
