


For the past seven years, EARTH graduate and Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, Tariq S. Kelly (Class of 2017, Jamaica) has served as Pineapple and Coconut Crop Manager at JP Tropical Foods, a 190-hectare farm in Jamaica. The company is a leading producer of bananas, pineapples, plantains, and coconuts…
Since childhood, Lucina Martínez Régules (Class of 2004, Mexico) understood that community is not just a place—it’s a way of being in the world. More than two decades after graduating from EARTH, her work continues to advance the autonomy of Indigenous peoples, defend the textile heritage of Chinanteco women, and seek justice within a system that does not treat everyone equally.

Smart Farming in the Humid Tropics
At the Livestock Farm on EARTH University’s Guácimo Campus, a pioneering research project led by Professor Leslie Antonio González is introducing the use of ruminal boluses (special inserted capsules) in cows adapted to tropical conditions. This technology allows for real-time monitoring of animal health and welfare…

EARTH Ventures Transforms Banana Production With a Model That Protects Natural Resources
EARTH’s Banana Commercial Operation is part of a dynamic project led by EDEKA and WWF that promotes more sustainable farming practices. The goal is to shift from conventional agriculture to regenerative agriculture that promotes and safeguards ecosystem health…

Life in Full Bloom: Francis Hernández, a Leader Rooted at EARTH
From EARTH’s classrooms to the greenhouses of one of the largest horticultural companies in the world, Francis Hernández Montás (Class of 2019, Dominican Republic) has cultivated a journey filled with purpose, learning, and transformation…