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| Lettuces and arugula |
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| Guayaba |
Dr. Laura del Valle, physician, community activist, Zen Buddhist, and now organic gardener. Just north of her wellness retreat at Mar de Jade, she has started a 16 hectare organic farm to supply the resort with vegetables and fruits. And not a pesticide in sight! Lots of lettuces, arugula, beans, nopales, peanuts, spinach, onions, and jamaica. Some of these crops are labor intensive and provide employment for local workers. We ate beautifully from this farm and even got to plant some seeds.
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| Armando Larios, organic agronomist and the man in charge |
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| Armando and Renee (her arm) in the greenhouse with new seedlings |
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| Susan in the field |
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| Armando, Renee, and Susan |
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| Renee waters seedlings |
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| Armando consults with a farm worker |
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| Irrigation pond |
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| Green passion fruit |
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| Nat and Armando |
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| Armando and Renee (she is a yoga teacher and massage therapist at Mar de Jade) |
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| Harvesting cacahuates (peanuts) |
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| Armando in the greenhouse |
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| Armando and Nat's hand |
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| Renee's 'spinach' signs |
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| Cleaned jamaica |
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| Jamaica, before cleaning |
