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I (Vicki Skinner - aka "THE Sarong Goddess") created this blog in 2007 to share DETAILED Finds•Lists•Info•Events•Experiences to help bring more EASE to people living in, visiting or thinking of moving to Costa Rica since DETAILS are NOT easy to find!
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Saturday, December 14, 2013

ORGANIC SEEDS - Where to find NON-GMO Organic Seeds in Costa Rica



Where to find
SEEDS • SEMILLAS
 If you're just looking for standard (possibly GMO) seeds - your local Ferreteria•Hardware or Nursery•Vivero.
As I find more non-organic seeds I'll share them here.


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Where to find
ORGANIC SEEDS • SEMILLAS
in Costa Rica


It's VERY IMPORTANT to know that Costa Rica has one of THE HIGHEST usages of Pesticides in the world (CR has 51.2kg with #2 being Columbia at just 16.7kg - per NationMaster.com/graph/agr_pes_use-agriculture-pesticide-use - no thanks to the U.S. and "conditions" to "gifts"), and GMO's HAVE ALREADY seeped into the country (FYI - countries•cities can SAY they're outlawing GMO's BUT - isn't the land - ALL OVER the world - ALREADY infested WITH these GMO seeds??  Even cross-breaded with our seeds?).
So if you're of the conscious type - it's CRUCIAL that you
KNOW WHERE YOUR SEEDS ARE COMING FROM!!


With that said - if you're looking for
ORGANIC SEEDS



Ed Bernhardt
is THE MAN when it comes to ORGANIC SEEDS in Costa Rica at the
NEW DAWN CENTER

See some of his PRODUCTS at:


SEEDS
Native Sweet Chile Peppers - perennial bush, good production of sweet peppers.
Native Pumpkin Squash - Can be eaten young like zucchini or mature like a pumpkin.
Native Basil - Hardy variety with good flavor for salads and meals.
Sweet Cherry Tomatoes - The best tomato for the tropics. Grows well in containers too.
Jamaican Hibiscus - Beautiful flowers which make a flavorful tea (that I hear is GREAT for the kidneys) and has Edible leaves
Zinnias - colorful flowers for the garden.
Cosmos - orange variety.
Ed also has has written some great
BOOKS

on growing in the tropics++
“THE COSTA RICAN ORGANIC HOME GARDENING GUIDE”
“NATURAL HEALTH CARE FOR TROPICAL LIVING”

“MEDICINAL PLANTS OF COSTA RICA”

For more info on other things Ed does (he does a LOT) go to:


LOCATION:
Near San Isidro de General - aka Perez Zeledon (in the Southern Zone)

(TheNewDawnCenter.info  •  2-770-4229  •  TheNewDawnCenter@yahoo.com)
(PLEASE tell Ed that Vicki Skinner with the blog Connected you!!)


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Desiree Wells
Located down in the Southern Zone also, Desiree (aka the "PermaCulture Pilgrim") has seeds for EDIBLE FLOWERS and Medicinal Herbs like Ginger, cayenne, cayote culantro and freshly planted basil and more!
See a sample at:  facebook.com/desiree.wells.946/media_set?set=a.10201190188773670
facebook.com/IrieCycles
(PLEASE tell Ed that Vicki Skinner with the blog Connected you!!)



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SEED EXCHANGE & SWAPS


Cuttings • Plants • Seeds
Trade • Sell • Share
in Costa Rica
is COMING SOON!!
It will have a list of places to find Seeds to Exchange &/or Swap


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Do YOU know of any other resources for finding
TRUSTWORTHY - NON-GMO ORGANIC Seeds
in•around Costa Rica?
Please email me the DETAILED Resource info to
LivingLifeInCostaRica@gmail.com

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