This morning we visited Costa Rica Entomological Supply, also known as the
Butterfly Farm. Now celebrating its 30th year, this social business was the first to export butterfly pupae in Central America, and perhaps only the second such business. The now have a supplier network of 80 family butterfly breeders. The butterfly garden is closed to the public but we were able to arrange access following our discussion about the business.
For the afternoon, we had lunch and a tour of the
University for Peace in the mountains above San Jose. We hiked through their reserve up to the Peace Monument. We were pleased to learn that our host's sister
has just accepted a faculty position at Indiana University.
We had dinner on our own tonight, so we Kelley staffers
headed to Nuestra Tierra restaurant to celebrate Emily's birthday. Kind
of a fun place with yummy food.
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| Heart of Palm salad. |
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| Beef, Ham, Mushroom, Onions, Peppers, & Cheese on tortillas. Served on a leaf. |
Tonight we had a lecture from an
Ashoka Fellow who runs a youth foundation. You know what a speaker in a meeting room looks like, so no photos.
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