We are pleased to announce that our “Big Man” is in full flower, stinking up the rainforest with its indelicate bouquet of rotting flesh.  The Big Man, a/k/a Hombron or more scientifically Dracontium gigas, is a confusing plant.  It looks like a tree, but it’s really a big stem.  It looks solid, but it’s somewhat […]

A few months ago, near our reception area, we delighted in watching this mother sloth tenderly care for her little baby girl.  These sloths are “three-toed” and of the “brown-throated” variety, carrying the scientific name Bradypus variegatus.  They are common to our area of Costa Rica, but we at Finca Luna Nueva are particularly blessed […]

      Every Day is Graced with Turmeric Turmeric, known scientifically as Curcuma longa, is considered by many to be royalty in the family of medicinal herbs.  We have grown turmeric for more than twenty years at our farm, and we are proud that people all over the world have enjoyed the healing benefits […]

Welcome to Meliponiculture. That’s a big word for raising some of the tiniest bees in the world, and at Luna Nueva we follow this ancient practice of beekeeping stingless bees to support the ecosystem and produce some of the most treasured honey of the world. These stingless bees are called Tetragonisca angustula, one of the […]

    A Chocolate Immersion at Luna Nueva   We take chocolate very seriously here at the farm. We also take it hot, cold, spicy, and sweet, in bars, confections, and happily, all throughout the day. It starts from our biodynamic practices, which focus on the life force of the soil and the united consciousness […]