Courtney Columbus

In our December 2025 Green Corner blog post, we feature Finca Tierra de Sueños and the organic practices implemented by its founder, Juan José Paniagua Guerrero.

In our December 2025 newsletter, we feature our two current interns in southwestern Puerto Rico.

Tierra Viva Cantalagua in Los Criques, Costa Rica Biodynamic agriculture takes a holistic approach to farming, seeking harmony with the land and going beyond organic standards. On biodynamic farms, soil health is a central focus. The use of pesticides and herbicides is prohibited, and at least 10% of the land  must support biodiversity. Farms that implement this approach seek to become closed-loop systems that require minimal external inputs from outside the farm, boosting soil fertility and...