United Plant Savers just published this article I wrote about our dear friend and teacher Dr. Jim Duke, pictured above, who is forever in our hearts. Jim, together with Rafael Ocampo, Michael Balick, Ruthie Goldstein, and Steven Farrell, gave birth to our Sacred Seeds Sanctuary, Semillas Sagrada, at Finca Luna Nueva Lodge. I am proud […]

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 to tell from where the call emanates – it’s a deep bass that rumbles in from the forest and seems near, but then again it could be miles away.  And then there’s often an answering call, […]

We have a whole lot of fun every day at the farm, and our souls and stomachs celebrate the delicious productivity of our ecosystem. We joke that this land is so fertile that if you drop your car keys a new car might grow. But like farmers everywhere on the planet, we’ve had to deal […]

From the article: “Newmark’s suggestion for ways to support the Amazon is simple. “Average citizens need to do everything possible to learn about rainforests and why preserving them is critical to our survival and happiness,” he says. “They need to teach their families and their communities, and they need to come see the rainforest, take […]