Sustained

During the TAM class we visited a friend of a friend of a guy that we met in a restaurant who has a biodigester and some awesome crops! He is completely sustained by these things. He sells a small amount of milk and cheese in order to pay his cell phone bill. Other than that, he lives completely off his land! He grows over 15 things in his backyard. Most of them are shown below because I'm a nerd and think they're beautiful! He was also quite the host, serving us freshly pressed sugar cane juice! Also, sugar cane...mom make room in the garden!

The biodigester takes the organic matter (cow crap) and converts it into methane gas and organic fertilizer!

The neighbors larger biodigester

The neighbors house. Note the pipe running across to the house

The famous stove thats powered by the methane gas from the biodigester

Achiote! Used as food coloring and really pretty to look at.

Passionfruit flower

Passionfruit. Sooo good. Also known as bugger fruit.

Pineapple!

A random cool fruit

Papaya

 Sugar cane plant

Yuca, cassava. CR staple food

Homemade sugar cane press

Platanos!

Starfruit

Coffee

Chocolate. I'm tell you. He has everything.

Preparing the sugar cane.

Noni. 

Beautiful pigs.

Gorgeous chickens.

The man and his cow

mmm enjoying fresh cane and cane juice

Such a great experience to see the possibilities in rural CR for sustainable agriculture. He gets it. Trying everything is always a perk too.