Costa Rica Pineapples

Display of Pineapples in Supermarket in Centro Atenas
Priced at ₡374 a kilo which in dollars today is about 65¢
Atenas, Costa Rica

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Buyers of Costa Rican Pineapples Can Understand How Producers Are Handling Environmental Impact

The Costa Rica Star online English-language newspaper
How Costa Rica farmers are working to avoid deforestation that plagues the industry around the world. Each farm is given a rating by the United Nations to guide wholesale buyers in their environmental impact. Important!

Fast Facts About Sustainable Pineapple Production in Costa Rica    United Nations

Pineapple Production in Costa Rica Provides Over 30,000 Jobs   The Costa Rica Star

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And since most of our pineapples are grown on the Caribbean side of the country, I’ll add this article about their airport that I use some:
Airport in Limon, Costa Rica Will Receive an Investment of Over $2.6 million  The Costa Rica Star online English-language newspaper
Basically this means a larger terminal building on the beach-side landing strip. They already have an indoor terminal, but tiny with little more than a waiting room and restrooms. Hopefully this will encourage the tourism on the caribbean side of the country that I like to visit at least once a year.
Here is my photo gallery of Small Plane Flight to Limon last September for my stay at Banana Azul. And here are my photo of the current Limon Airport Terminal: 
The current terminal at 
Limon Airport, Costa Rica
I photographed last September.

And the current landing strip on the beach
Yeah,that blacktop road is the landing strip.
Limon Airport, Costa Rica

For more of my photos of Costa Rica see galleries: Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA
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