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Lana Labermeier and Amanda Ventresca help Bernie Tostanowski learn his way around espresso equipment (in Managua)
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Spike Gjerde always drives cautiously in drunken crawl zones
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cupping at Beneficio La Pita in Matagalpa
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Beneficio La Pita's hand-sorting lines
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cards, candles and Flor de Cana keep the nighttime chill away at FEV
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Oscar Ruiz and Francisco Rivera, two of the growers of Cafe San Ramon
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Francisco Rivera smiles in the shade of Segundo Membreno's farm
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showing us gringos how picking coffee is done at FEV
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Spike Gjerde picking coffee at FEV
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Pascual Rivera, the coffee manager at FEV
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Nicaragua Field Lab 2009: Lana Labermeier, Jocelyne DeHaas, Amanda Ventresca, Spike Gjerde, Denise Hall and Bernie Tostanowski (not pictured: Cindy Chang and Kim Elena Bullock)
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Bernie Tostanowski is ready for the challenges of coffee picking
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FEV's butterfly house is full of beautiful flowers
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caturra coffee growing in the shade at Finca Esperanza Verde
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Bernie Tostanowski, Denise Hall and Cindy Chang explore the trails of FEV