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When Aracelly Cordero was a child, she once watched as a container of cow’s milk turned what seemed like magically into frozen yogurt. She watched her father work, carefully observing a process that intrigued her and made her wonder, “How does food become the products we consume? How does milk turn into yogurt ice cream?”…
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Grace Aguti’s interest in the fields of science and agriculture started early on in life, helping her grandparents on their farm outside of the city. It was there that she began to learn the myriad of challenges faced by small farmers in her region. “I started saying, I think I can make these practices better to make more profits. That’s when I started getting a…
Grace Aguti and her drive to improve agriculture through science Read More »
James Garang Aguer (’24, South Sudan) never knew his homeland. His family fled the armed conflict in South Sudan in the late 1990s before he was born and they settled in Kakuma, one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Kenya. Growing up in such a complex place, where good people abound, but food and access to…
Garang Aguer: A Student with Big Dreams and Accomplishments Read More »
At every EARTH Graduation Ceremony there is a moment full of emotion. Each time, when the University’s hymn begins to play, the entire community joins in, fervently singing the…
Coming Home: EARTH Graduates Reunite Read More »
For the past five years, EARTH has encouraged students, faculty, and staff to participate in EARTH Talks, an event inspired by the TED Talks organization that distributes free talks on “ideas and…
EARTH Talks: the power of your voice Read More »
The Ninth Agribusiness Sustainability Summit, held on November 8, was an opportunity for second-year students to present results regarding the finances and production of the businesses they have been…
Ninth Agribusiness Sustainability Summit Read More »
Carmela Sacuj is a member of Visión Maya Association, a group of women who produce oyster mushrooms in San Andrés Semetabaj, Sololá, Guatemala. She is one of the women participating in Proyecto REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship for Agricultural Livelihoods), a project which has been underway since 2022 and is…
How Mushroom Production Helps Guatemalan Women Farmers Read More »
How to create a nutritious, innovative, and delicious product incorporating hearts of palm fiber as a raw material? That was the question on the minds of Alicia Vega (Class of 2021, Costa Rica) and her classmates who joined the Griffith Challenge, a contest promoted by Griffith Foods in conjunction with EARTH University’s Development Unit, as part of the Food Processing course.
Griffith Challenge: Innovation with hearts of palm fiber Read More »
Daniela Maroto (’24, Costa Rica) had never left Costa Rica until a few weeks ago, when she traveled first to Mexico for a few days of training and then to Santander, Colombia for her International Internship at Robinson Fresh supervising the Tahitian lime packing company called Gramaluz who exports to the United States and…
A Post-harvest Internship Read More »
The Central American Donors Forum (CADF) was held September 25-27, 2023, in San José, Costa Rica. Organized by the Seattle International Foundation, the event gathered philanthropists, members of the community, governments, and the business sector to open dialogues on Central American issues while creating…
A Dialogue on Resilient Community Food Systems Read More »
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