Day Eight
Day eight was a day of tours in Sarapiquí. First a Pineapple Plant (Dole), followed by a small farmer who has a curiosity about leaf cutter ants, pepper plants and vanilla beans and finally a Fair Trade coffee cooperative. We also visited a small soap and shampoo start-up business cooperative.
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Day eight was a day of tours in Sarapiquí. First a Pineapple Plant (Dole), followed by a small farmer who has a curiosity about leaf cutter ants, pepper plants and vanilla beans and finally a Fair Trade coffee cooperative. We also visited a small soap and shampoo start-up business cooperative.
At Finca Corsicana Pineapple Farm (Dole) we took a trailer tour of the pineapple fields (planting & harvesting) as well as a visit to the pineapple packing plant.
At Mi Cafecito we took a tour of the fair trade coffee cooperative. We were able to see the coffee beans on the coffee plant, picked, sorted, dried, roasted and packed. We also got a demonstration on extracting the sugar cane juice and tasting it with and without a sugar cane spirit.
At the small farmers property we saw his leaf cutter ant exhibit as well as his vanilla and pepper plants.
