Massage envy

DThis morning we woke up early to have breakfast at earth university's cafeteria.  I think we have had rice and beans (which is delicious) at almost every meal. After lunch we watched a short video on earth university before heading to the banana field.

During the presentation we learned that  earth has a lot of connections to the United States. 95% of earths banana exports go to whole floods, their main founder is Kellogg. Also there was a student a few years ago who visited from Nicholls who passes away, when the professor from Nicholls came back they donated $250 to the university and they plant a tree in that persons honor. There are 1200 applicants a year, and only 100 people are accepted, they look for leaders and agents of change. Students are from over 30 different countries.  One of the most interesting and exciting aspects of earth university is the fact that their pride themselves on their ethical practices and teaching.  Most of the students here come from their world countries and  small villages where I would suspect their country is built on a corrupt government or police force.  I wish this is something everyone in the world could learn more about,especially American government and businesses. 

Next we went to the banana fields and plant where we were able to see the whole process from herb to box. It was very interesting to see how fast the factory workers were, especially since they are only paid $120 a year. (All of the bandanas were marked with whole foods stickers) 

Next we went to the livestock integrated farm, where students learned how to grow plants and vegetables without soil and with using recycled materials such as bottles, tires and bags.  Instead of soil they are able to give nutrients to the plants with a combination of charcoal, coconut fibers and rice husks.

 This is élan Élan, the main ingredient in Chanel no. 5

Lastly we went to the live stock area were they took cow and pig manure to create methane gas for cooking and use California red worms to convert it to compost soil.  We also cracked open a coco plant and ate it, it looked disgusting (Fernando called it monkey brains) but it was very sweet. (They use the fermented juice in the seeds to create cocoa) 

We also found s cashew plant, apparently the interior is toxic, so when the nut is extracted you have to be very careful, which is why it's an expensive nut.

Lastly, I had s massage, it was amazing and much needed! On the way back from the massage, Camille and I ran across 5baby armadillo.