The Frugivore Diet

the Quintessence farm got wwoof listed !!

2017-01-23T17:16:20.000Z

Hip hip hooray !!

Special Summer 2016 Costa Rica Quintessence opportunity/ journey

2015-12-18T22:55:22.000Z

It is a serious offer.. If u have been dreaming of living at the tropics and "LOVE" 2 be responsable 4 your own food ( must know about plant nursing & enjoy it !!), spaces availacble at "affordable" costs/interchange trade !!!

Mail when interested : presenting yourself, telling about what makes your happy etc.

What u are looking 4 at the farm (NO : jacuzzi, skype, "fancy housing / airconditioning".

We prefer 2 welcome/host : raw vegan mucusless diet lifestyle practitioners...

no rent or tent but free fruit 4 dog care on tropical farm in Costa Rica...

2015-06-16T00:56:59.000Z

Looking 4 friendly vegans who want 2 be on the Quintessence farm taking care of dogs, harvesting fruits etc.during JULY TO OCTOBER 2015.

Yes, no rent just personal expenses !!!

More info : carmaorganica@gmail.com.

Backpacking Costa Rica for 2 weeks in March

2015-01-14T14:22:02.000Z

Hi!

I will arrive in San Jose on March 1st and will leave on the 18th.

I will be travelling by myself and on a very low budget. I am thinking about going from Jaco to Dominical and around and then spend a couple of days in San Jose.

I am looking for tips, advice on where to stay, what to see, who to contact, and of course I would love to meet fruity people along the way.

Let me know if you want to meet there or have any tip to share!

Thanks a lot!

Charlotte

Travelling in January

2014-12-03T07:41:27.000Z

Hello! I'll be visiting Costa Rica with my parents and sister for 2 weeks in January :) so excited to see this beautiful country! :) any tips for great places to eat?

My family is not at all interested in this lifestyle and I tried it last year and fell off the bandwagon but i'm hoping to get back into the fruity lifestyle :)

Project: 101 Arguments Why We Need Move to TROPICS. Yes No Lists

2014-11-29T22:56:55.000Z

Welcome to Co-Create this list!

Please, leave new found arguments in comments section

They will be added to the list later.

For Credit you are welcome to ad your:

Name or Nick, Contact, Your 1-2 webpages

The 101 Arguments we all can use to:
* Explain to others why we Need to Move, Or Moved already;
* Remind Ourselves Why we are moving or moved already in order not to take things for granted;

(Updated 08 September 2021)

YES ARGUMENTS :

1) "Happy Planet Index"... Costa Rica is the first of the list 'producing' most happy people with least environmental impact! US ranks 114th because of horrible environmental impact! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Planet_Index

2016 :

www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/07/greenest-happiest-country-in-the-world/

2) Costa Rica is the largest and one of the oldest country without military. The constitution has forbidden a standing military since 1949. It does have a public security force, whose role includes law enforcement and internal security. For this reason Costa Rica is the headquarters for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and also the United Nations' University for Peace.

( P.S. Wondering WHY is this reason so important?
From http://borgenproject.org/global-poverty/
What would it cost to end world hunger?
$30 billion per year is the annual shortfall to end world hunger. ( UN info http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2008/1000853/index.html )
How does that compare to other political priorities?
$530 Billion: U.S. Military Budget + $130 Billion: U.S. War Spending ( http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12652 )

'Stop poverty - the worst form of violence'. - M. Gandhi )

3) Summer all year round. Trees gives harvest 2-3 times/year. (Julian Montinaro 14/02/2015 comment: let's say In southern Canada, in spite of what the delusional locals will tell you about how we have 4 seasons and it's not bad at all, the truth is that we have to endure 9 months a year of varying degrees of cold, meaning we are under thermal stress for the great majority of the year. june july and august are the only months where there is guaranteed warmth, but that should be qualified by mentioning that even in those three months, night time temperatures can fall into the low teens (celsius). the growing season is so short it's a joke. so much of what is grown from seed has to be started indoors a month before the last frost.
fruit here is in season for a mere 3-4 months of the year, is not diverse and is mostly low calorie);

4) Costa Rica currently produces 98.8% of its electricity renewable 73% from hydropower and 13% from geothermal and 11% a blend of wind, biomass, solar. See link in next argument.

5) The country has even more to be proud of. Costa Rica anounced a target to become first renewable country with an unprecedented 100% reliance on renewable energy generation sources by 2021! Want to be part of that? (P.S. 21/12/2018 Update: https://news.co.cr/costa-rica-accumulates-300-days-running-100-on-renewable-energy-2018/78000/

5.2) 28Sep'19 Could you imagine the brass-balls of a nation to ban all use of fossil fuels? As it turns out there is one nation that is planning to do just that - - Costa Rica.

... new President, Carlos Alvarado, made a pledge to do just this during his inauguration ceremony in 2018. "Almost a year later, Alvarado signed a decree [on] February 2019 to fully decarbonize by the year 2050 ... https://interestingengineering.com/these-9-countries-want-to-ban-diesel-cars-very-soon

6) No Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes from 1992 in Costa Rica. http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/daylight-saving-health.html

7) Costa Rica taking 0.03% landspace yet has 4-5% of the world's biodiversity and is considered one of the 20 most biodiverse countries in the world. There are 62 native varieties of humingbirds, over 130 species of fish, 220 of reptiles, 1,000 butterflies, 9,000 plants, 20,000 species of spiders and 34,000 species of insects in Costa Rica

8) No water fluoridation like westernalised countries still use: Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia. It's most aggressive acid, known to human flesh they put in water, which mostly pollutes pineal gland (the central gland responsible for other glands also for our ability to connect with Non-physical higher connections.

9) Costa Rica is ranked No.1 in a study of AVERAGE HAPPINESS IN 160 NATIONS 2005-2014 .How much people enjoy their life-as-a-whole on scale 0 to 10. US ranks 22nd.

http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_nat/nat_fp.php?mode=8

10) Costa Rica also ranks No.1 with 67.9 years of Average HAPPY LIFE YEARS (HLY) . US ranks 24th.

http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_nat/nat_fp.php?mode=8

11) In Nov'2012 Costa Rica becomes first Latin-American country to ban hunting for sport http://inhabitat.com/costa-rica-becomes-first-latin-american-country-to-ban-hunting-for-sport/ ( Thanks https://www.facebook.com/pom.vincent 11/04/2015 )

12) Costa Rica announced in 2013 that it will become the first country in the world to close down its zoos and free all captive animals

http://inhabitat.com/costa-rica-is-closing-its-zoos-and-freeing-all-captive-animals/ Probably will be first country in the world

(Thanks to Kata https://m.facebook.com/huahua.inti )

13) Pura Vida' - Spanish for "pure life."
The one of nicest expression is used in many forms, mainly after 'good bye' or when greeting other person , to a synonym for "excellent."

14). According to the Cooperative Fund for Sustainable Development, 52 percent of Costa Rica is now (2014) forested, up from 21 percent in 1987.

15) Costa Rica’s Supreme Court has formally declared the nation’s GMO approval process to be highly ‘unconstitutional.’

http://www.infowars.com/costa-rica-rules-gmo-approval-process-unconstitutional/

16) Healing ceremonies, addiction healing clinics based on ancient plants like ayahuasca, iboga, DMT are legal here.

17) Costa Rica paper money are beautiful with plants, birds and animals on another side. http://goldium.net/2013update/CRC%20BANK%20NOTES.jpg Though Costa Rica money system (and peoiple) itself are still enslaved under US Federal Reserve fractual reserve system ( check Venesuela and other few countries which are fighting to not be enslaved )

18 ). Temperature most of the 24h in a day is a very comfortable to naked body ( body likes 25-26 degrees)

19 ) Good few varieties free wild food or unused in peoples garden, you can nearly live from. Coconuts being no.1 (coco water, jelly, coco sprouts) Noni, waterapple, aki, wild papaya, breadfruits, jackfruit's, cilantro green, mandarine limes, cacao other big variety of things when season

20) In Costa Rica, rising education levels also fostered impressive gender equality so that it ranks higher than the United States in the World Economic Forum gender gap index.

https://ameuropeservices.wordpress.com/category/environmental-protection-in-costa-rica/

21) Costa Rica is on the forefront of environmental conservation, long ago protecting about 25% of their country as national parks. Manuel Antonio National Park on the west coast is the most famous, but Tortuguero National Park and La Amistad International Park are amazing, too.

22) thinking to Remote? Costa Rica southest country with v cheap flights. Additionally in 2016) 3 low cost companies started operations in Costa Rica and fourth new Air Costa Rica should start Dec2016. San Jose being as a hub for them: http://www.ticotimes.net/2016/12/02/low-cost-airlines-costa-rica

23) Spiritual Catalyst Teal Swan build's a retreat center in few months after visiting Costa Rica. She claims this land is hurting of fertility, life and Prana. She will be hosting Breather Ian Initiation 10days course (which has 50% success rate of being free from food addictions) with Ray Maor in March'2017. Hear about all this in a Interview: https://youtu.be/0DmCuNGy8RE Also Teal wrote to blogs about Costa Rica in her blog. 1 of them: https://tealswan.com/teals-blog/costa-rica-r520/

24) On June 5, 2017 - World Environment Day - the country announced its new national plan to eradicate all single-use plastics by 2021. They will have to be replaced by alternatives that are 100% recyclable or biodegradable and not petroleum-based.

25) Costa Rica - UN 'Champions Of Earth' 2019 (03Nov'19)

Y26) Banned mining! ( More details soon)

Y27) Costa Rica and Denmark hope to create an alliance of countries willing to set a date to phase out oil and gas production and to stop giving permits for new exploration. See Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) (Sep'21)

... PLS CHECK,MORE ARGUMENTS STILL MIGHT BE IN COMMENTS OF THIS THREAD.

ARGUMENTS NO (reasons to be improved):

N1) The bigest usage of chemicals per person (at least) in Latin America

N2) Some days usually in the evenings Mosquitos and 'noSiemos' ( tiny mosquitos) might challange you a bit.

N3) Post Office (Correos of Costa Rica) Is too inefficient. I don't mean custom taxes (they are logical 14%-30%), Problems, that they most of the time won't deliver up to house, If package is taken by Customs for opening, excpect to go to bigger town like 60km away to get it. Then customs will send to bank to pay, where you'll spend 30-60min) , then come back to pick your delivery.

N4) The conservation group Sharkproject International (over 20 organisations) awarded Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís the “Shark Enemy of the Year Award.” The acerbic accolade is given each year to a public figure deemed by environmental groups to have done the most to hinder protections for global shark species...

Solís is the second Costa Rican president to receive the Shark Enemy of the Year Award, following former President Abel Pacheco in 2006

http://www.ticotimes.net/2016/01/31/costa-rica-president-solis-named-shark-enemy-of-the-year

N5) http://www.ticotimes.net/2016/12/16/costa-rica-ranks-one-worlds-dangerous-countries-drivers

N6) There are 192 laws as of 2020 that exempt a series of powerful organized groups from paying taxes. Only removing these exemptions, equivalent would be 5.57 of GDP

N7) The average income of the public sector is three times higher than in the private sector. A situation that, according to the OECD, makes Costa Rica one of the countries with the greatest inequality in the world

Costa Rican( high) raw VEGAN POTLUCK GATHERING

2014-11-18T18:00:46.000Z

When : Sunday 21 December 2014

Time : (starting) 10 a.m. (end) 10 p.m.

Where : Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Info and reservation : (via ) carmaorganica@gmail.com

Visiting March 14 - Lets Connect! =D

2014-03-07T12:47:15.000Z

Hey Everybody!
I will be visiting Costa Rica for two weeks and i would love to connect.

I will arrive in San Jose March 15 with two 801010 friends of mine - if anyone has recommendations for places to go, fruit to find, waterfalls to swim, places to sleep/camp, please let me know.

we would love to meet like minded people like you all

786 554 6024

winter time

2013-11-15T22:01:03.000Z

To all the fruitsheads planning to come in Costa Rica this winter...

We will be 8-10 fruitheads renting a house on the Caribbean side. Enjoying each other company, discussing and searching land to co create an ecco-village/community. Contact us if you are interested.

Here's our website:

http://www.fruitariancommunity.tk/

Looking to buy land for under 30k.

2013-08-21T01:42:32.000Z

I'll be relocating to Costa Rica early next year and am looking to buy some land in Costa Rica. My budget is 30,000, and with at least 10 acres, undeveloped. My ideal location is in Southern Costa Rica, springs, fruit trees, rainforest, waterfalls, wildlife.

I am looking for anyone who knows of anyone with land and wanting to sell or if anyone can

give me any good tips on finding good cheap land.

I am looking to buy in February-March 2014.

Best method of contact is by email: Nick@anstoneworks.com

Wanting to move to Costa Rica, but need help finding a good place to Pole Vault!

2013-04-06T05:18:31.000Z

Hi Everyone!

So I am tired of living in a cold climate with poor fruit and want to move! Costa Rica sounds great, but I want to continue to Pole Vault and have no idea where. Can someone please help? I am a good vaulter that is going to jump way higher then my current PR of 4.90m. I just need a club,team, group of people, or something so I can continue with my passion. This sport is very expensive, so therefore I do not own my own poles, I would need to be able to borrow poles from the club or whatever it might be. Any suggestions would be great! If this just doesnt seem possible I will have to look to relocate somewhere else. This sport is as important to me as eating the 811lfrv lifestyle ;).

Thanks a ton and take care,

Scott Elliott

Looking for a place to rent

2013-03-31T04:35:55.000Z

My family and I are relocating to Costa Rica in August. We are searching for a LFRV family friendly cabin to rent in the jungle for under $300 USD a month.

Any suggestions?!

Thanks!! :)

Some questions for those of you who have spent time in CR

2012-10-19T21:49:13.000Z

My partner and I are about to spend 7 months volunteering on farms in Costa Rica. My Dad's girlfriend, who has a house in Guatemala, says that we need to sterilize all our fruit with diluted clorox, hydrogen peroxide or iodine to kill microbes. My hunch is that it is far less likely to get sick in Costa Rica than Guatemala but I'm not really sure. Also, how's the water there? Should we bring some kind of water filter?

How long were you in Costa Rica? Did you ever get sick...or, what's your take on this? Any other advice for safe Costa Rican travel?

Thanks!

Traveling to Costa Rica for 7 months? Can anyone be our backup plan?

2012-10-11T19:12:38.000Z

Hi!

My partner, Aaron, and I are taking a 7 months backpacking trip to Costa Rica and Panama starting next month, November. We have two work exchange farms set up to house us, still looking for one in Panama...

In case a place does not work out and we have nowhere to stay is there anyone here who lives in Costa Rica and could house us temporarily? We would of course love to do a work exchange. It would also just be cool to meet some like-minded fruit loving people.

Thanks,

Ruby

Looking for volunteer fruit farm in costa rica!

2012-08-28T14:43:31.000Z

Know of any?

mango a go go frenzy 4 "peanuts" ?!

2012-03-08T12:12:19.000Z

The Quintessence farm in Costa Rica offers " ALL YOU CAN EAT DRINK GROWN IN THE FARM FOR YOU TODAY FOR JUST 7 $ TODAY, in addition to board, lodging/ massage , excursing , workshop & individual language help services. let me assure you that the mangoes are organic juicy and "extremely yummy", also the avo's, coconuts and other fruits. remember that this deal ÄLSO INCLUDES¨SUGAR CANE JUICE". Sweet indeed : )

2 enjoy please inform7 reserve via : vivaquintessence@yahoo.com

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Permaculture in Costa rica?

2012-01-30T22:12:41.000Z

I am looking on immigrating to costa rica.

Wondering about conscious communities around that are welcoming new members to permaculture sustainable fruit forests.

Also wondering about cheap raw land that is suitable for planting a sustainable fruit forest to start a community.

Any information, advice, or tips would be amazing.

Anyone interested in a date order from Date people in CR?

2011-12-05T14:25:24.000Z

Hello CR friends!

We are thinking of placing a date order soon. Anyone is interested in sharing the shipping fees? What are your favorite? We were thinking Honey dates and Barhi, but are open to suggestions.

Durians in Costa Rica

2011-02-05T22:10:03.000Z

Has anybody knows where to get or when they starting?

We heard some individuals may grow them. We know one who has few trees of wild durians in Upala, but trees still too young. Actually he sells his land with a lot different trees. Contact me if you interested :)

Pacific or Atlantic cost?

2010-12-18T16:35:42.000Z

Which you prefer?