{"id":3773,"date":"2024-02-21T06:47:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T06:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfs.local\/program\/biodiversity-and-sustainable-food-systems\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:41:12","slug":"biodiversity-and-sustainable-food-systems","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/center\/costa-rica\/program\/biodiversity-and-sustainable-food-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity and Sustainable Food Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>You\u2019ll<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.<\/strong>&nbsp;Using coffee and chocolate as case studies,&nbsp;explore&nbsp;the relationships between food systems, ecology, conservation, and sustainability. Learn how different agricultural techniques have the potential to restore biodiversity and combat climate change. Study the sociocultural history of coffee and cacao, from Indigenous histories to modern production and exports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit an agroforestry cocoa system, where&nbsp;you\u2019ll&nbsp;get hands on&nbsp;with&nbsp;local methods of chocolate production and processing.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit El Toledo Coffee farm&nbsp;to&nbsp;learn about environmentally&nbsp;sound&nbsp;methods of coffee production&nbsp;and discuss the history and&nbsp;impacts&nbsp;of chocolate and coffee production in Latin America.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage in the Center\u2019s sustainable food efforts \u2013 gather fresh mangoes from campus trees, visit the chicken coop to gather eggs, harvest kale from the garden, master composting, and more.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\tUsing coffee and chocolate as case studies during this summer study abroad program, explore the relationships between food systems, ecology, conservation, and sustainability. Learn how different agricultural techniques have the potential to restore biodiversity and combat climate change. Study the sociocultural history of coffee and cacao, from Indigenous histories to modern production and exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5289,"template":"","location":[93],"class_list":["post-3773","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-costa-rica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/3773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldstudies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}