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Do you like tropical adventures, delicious bananas, sustainable agriculture, long walks on the beach, Piña Coladas and getting caught in the rain? Then this is an opportunity you don’t want to miss! We’re teaming up with EARTH University to give you a chance to win a trip to Costa Rica to visit EARTH University in Guácimo, Limón.
Five winners will embark on a seven-day Costa Rican adventure where they will:
Experience, first-hand, how EARTH University is preparing young students to become tomorrow’s leaders in sustainable agriculture, responsible business and community development.- Visit with the farmers who produce the rich and creamy EARTH University bananas and learn how their innovative growing methods are helping to save our planet’s precious resources.
- Explore vibrant Costa Rica, relax on the majestic beaches of Puerto Viejo, sample local cuisine and cruise along the island’s southern coast in search of dolphins.
All of Whole Foods Market’s EARTH University offerings are part of our Whole Trade® Guarantee, which ensures fair prices are paid for products, better wages and working conditions for growers and sound environmental practices.
Visit the contest page on our website for more details and be sure to enter on that contest page (not in the blog comments) by September 30th, 2011. No purchase necessary!
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i heart the earth and would love love love to go on this trip. i studied ecotourism for my m.a. in cultural anthropology. this is where it is at!!
09/21/2011 9:12:29 PM CDT
It would be an exciting opportunity to work along side of those already demonstrating their growing techniques. Learning how the process began and what expectations they have for the future. Being able to practice my Spanish in that environment would be outstanding.
09/21/2011 9:19:14 PM CDT
I have an 8 year old daughter who has always been fascinated in different cultures and different ways of life. This would be an amazing way to experience it first hand! It would definitely be a learning adventure for us all! Through the eyes of an 8 year old!
09/21/2011 9:20:23 PM CDT
I want to explore the nature's of cuisines and beaches...
09/21/2011 9:20:41 PM CDT
Costa Rica here I come!
09/21/2011 9:23:38 PM CDT
this is so exciting, I'm the Queen of "green earth" and have helped many neighbors do the same. We buy organic products to encourage those farmers to continue in far away lands. Thank God for this amazing opportunity to visit you all. Thanks so much.
09/21/2011 9:28:58 PM CDT
How exciting! I'd love to have the opportunity to pull up my sleeves and help out--while learning how to grow things sustainably. Someday I plant to have a back yard and grow my own produce.
09/21/2011 9:32:24 PM CDT
I always buy Earth University Bananas because I love the mission they have behind their growing. Would LOVE to go and see the harvest first hand!
09/21/2011 9:34:46 PM CDT
What an opportunity to visit EARTH University and learn how they are using sustainable practices and fostering future farmers.
09/21/2011 9:37:10 PM CDT
That sounds like alot of FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to visit Cocta Ricato and the Earth University. Please Pick Me!!
09/21/2011 9:42:08 PM CDT
I'm told everyone moves there.
09/21/2011 9:45:49 PM CDT
Costa Rica!
My Husband has been promising to take me to Coast Rica for nearly the whole 44 years of our marriage and it has yet to happen.
Maybe I could take HIM!
Incredible lanscape, people and Food.....
Just as Organic as the garden planted by my Mother in the '50s!
09/21/2011 9:49:58 PM CDT
Perfect outing for our family...love fair trade!
09/21/2011 9:50:01 PM CDT
Fantastic I am glad there are organizations like yours helping to preserve the tropics. My family is from the tropics and I so appreciate the work you do.
09/21/2011 9:58:43 PM CDT
As a teacher I think this would be a wonderful and fascinating opportunity to enrich my classroom by learning about organic farm life from another country. I have always wanted to travel and visit this beautiful exotic land. Whole Foods in Austin, Texas has always been one of my favorite natural stores to shop at and visit.
09/21/2011 9:58:51 PM CDT
I just discovered the healing power of nature through eating raw organic foods. Whole Food Market has helped me so much on this journey! I couldn't have done it without their high quality produce and organic brands!!! I will continue to learn more about this new way of living and would love to go on this trip to help me do that!
09/21/2011 9:59:23 PM CDT
Wow, what a great opportunity!
09/21/2011 10:10:29 PM CDT
¡viva la pura vida!
09/21/2011 10:14:57 PM CDT
I cannot believe how cool this is! We were at EARTH in 1997
on an educational trip form Missouri University.
We would love to return! It is beautiful!
09/21/2011 10:22:42 PM CDT
I would love an opportunity to be immersed in this environment and learn more. I already believe in conscious eating, organic growing and would love to learn more about sustainable gardening... would be valuable to bring home, share and pass on to community and young minds.
09/21/2011 10:33:38 PM CDT
This would be such an amazing trip...WOW, what an opportunity!
09/21/2011 10:37:39 PM CDT
Visited that area about 17 years ago. What a neat place. Friendly people, excellent shool, and great locally grown food. Would be neat to visit again to see how the area has developed. Spent three days doing studies about native plants and animals at EARTH.
09/21/2011 10:49:37 PM CDT
Let's go bananas for bananas! Seriously, this is a great program where everyone "wins".
09/21/2011 11:00:46 PM CDT
I studied agroforestry in college and believe in the power of this practice to support biodiversity levels in conjunction with food production.
09/21/2011 11:03:18 PM CDT
Having a small pea-patch, I know the importance of nurturing your body with fruit and vegetables you've grown from the soil. It soothes the soul when you tend your garden and it would be a gift to see young students preparing the soil for their community. I wish we had a community garden at my small medical clinic but I know there are some pea-patch plots in our neighborhood that are tended.
09/21/2011 11:04:45 PM CDT