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	Our &#39;Tropical Agriculture and Missions&#39; course has been traveling across Costa Rica learning from local farmers in Vara Blanca, scientists at the University of Costa Rica-San Jose, and researchers at EARTH Institute and Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza (CATIE). Here&#39;s a photo journal of their studies:</p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Cinchona Miguel Rodriguez foto, TAM class, Roland, DU, Tracey, Megan, Kim, Justin, Jonathan, Brady, Ethan, Beth-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 667px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">The Tropical Agriculture and Missions class: Roland, Professor Dave, Tracey, Megan, Kim, Justin, Jonathan, Brady, Ethan, Beth&nbsp;(Photo credit: Miguel Rodriguez).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Brady-Megan-Beth-Kim-Justin.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Students Brady, Megan, Beth, Kim, and Justin returning from work in fruta de amor planting (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}CATIE botanist Marco Ramirez discussing major tropical fruits-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza (CATIE) botanist Marco Ramirez discussing major tropical fruits (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Mountain rose ginger at CATIE-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Mountain rose ginger at CATIE (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}EARTH - Alyoise, Maasi student from Kenya, teaching soiless urban garden techniques-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">EARTH Institute instructor, Alyoise, a student from Kenya, teaching soiless urban garden techniques (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}sloth feeding on cecropia tree outside Biol Bldg, U CR, San Jose-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 667px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Sloth feeding on Cecropia tree outside the Biology Building at University of Costa Rica-San Jose&nbsp;(Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Cacao Trails Taribe Indian woman teaching Brady, Miguel, Ethan, how rainforest chocolate is made-500pxl.jpg" style="font-size: 12px; width: 500px; height: 667px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">A woman from the Cacao Trails cooperative teaches Brady, Miguel, and Ethan how rainforest chocolate is made (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Beautiful tree in the Melastomataceae in Cinchona ruins-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">Beautiful tree in the Melastomataceae in Cinchona ruins (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Vara Blanca - original primary rain-cloud forest next to land cleared in 1960s for dairy pasture-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">A complex view from Vara Blanca: original primary rain-cloud forest next to land cleared in 1960s for dairy pasture (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Vara Blanca - where the land collapsed 40 m in 2009 earthquake-500pxl.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 375px;" /><br />
	<span style="font-size: 12px;">ADE director Tomas Dozier surveys the earthquake impacts in Vara Blanca with students, where the land collapsed 40 meters in 2009 (Photo: David Unander).</span></p>
