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Our Sacred Seeds Sanctuary

January 25, 2020 3:47 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

United Plant Savers just published this article I wrote about our dear friend and teacher Dr. Jim Duke, pictured above, […]

January 11, 2020 11:48 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

Regeneration. This is our prayer and our polestar. Yes, we’ve been an organic farm from the beginning. Still, the climate […]

January 5, 2020 12:49 am Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

There’s a trail through the rainforest, and you know there are curious kinkajous above you but they’re so hard to […]

December 1, 2019 2:25 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

The loud wake-up call generally starts around 4:45 a.m. and lasts for at least 15 minutes. From our lodge it’s hard […]

November 14, 2019 10:49 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

We have a whole lot of fun every day at the farm, and our souls and stomachs celebrate the delicious […]

November 12, 2019 4:19 am Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

What does November mean on the Caribbean slope in the rainforest? For the Luna Nueva farm team, it means planting. […]

September 22, 2019 11:23 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

It’s September, 2019, and millions of students around the globe are striking to demand action on climate change. We are […]

September 5, 2019 1:49 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

From the article: “Newmark’s suggestion for ways to support the Amazon is simple. “Average citizens need to do everything possible […]

August 12, 2019 4:30 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

The great English wordsmith D.H. Lawrence tells us that “Every fruit has its secret.” Come on a walk with us around Finca […]

January 10, 2019 5:19 pm Published by Tom Newmark Leave your thoughts

One of our recent guests, Kathryn Field, wrote of her experiences at Luna in her TripAdvisor review. Here’s what she […]

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