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Stacy Costner sorts coffee at FEV
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Peter Giuliano and Adam Thome watch Pascual Rivera measure the day's coffee harvest at FEV
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Rich Futrell knows ripe coffee
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Jacob Myers smiles through the branches at FEV
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quick-pickin' Nick Kirby
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the group gets a lesson in coffee picking at FEV
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Nick Kirby roasts coffee in true Nicaraguan style
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Plantio La Sombra (the shade) at FEV
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Vermiculture
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Pascual Rivera overseeing the washing process at FEV
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Wabule River waterfall, El Horno, Nicaragua
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Nicaragua Field Lab 2008 group with Javier Martinez: Brandon Shepard, Stacey Costner, Nick Kirby, Tony Riffel, Diane Riffel, Rich Futrell, Adam Thome (not pictured: Kim Elena Bullock and Peter Giuliano)
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Javier Martinez's farm: Wuthering Heights (really!)
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a view of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
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crushing cacao at El Castillo del Chocolate (The Chocolate Castle)
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cacao tree
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cacao pod
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cows are a common fixture of Nicaragua's landscape
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ripe caturra at Finca Esperanza Verde
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Finca Esperanza Verde: Green Hope Farm
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Brandon Shepard zeroes in on the tree
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beautiful sky over FEV
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Finca Esperanza Verde's waterfall is beautiful, but chilly for swimming
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Pascual Rivera demonstrates the differences between green cherries and red cherries