Since its inception, our University has been known for remaining true to its values and creating opportunities for everyone regardless of ethnicity, beliefs, or gender. Although agronomy has long been seen as a career exclusively for men, at EARTH, we…

On February 21, students, faculty, and guests gathered on our Guácimo Campus and online for the Drones Symposium: Platforms for Precision Agriculture and Forestry to discuss ideas for implementing new agricultural practices using drones. This amazing technological tool, in…

On January 16 we held the 2023 Academic Year Inaugural Event in which we welcomed 103 students (50 women and 53 men) from 28 countries. They are part of the Class of 2026 and are just beginning a…

EARTH Futures has joined the National Plan for Sustainable and Healthy Costa Rican Gastronomy and the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement to find solutions to the daily challenges facing farmers in Costa Rica and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.

On March 31 of this year, we inaugurated the new cocoa processing laboratory and opened a new stage in the transformation and growth of a project that has inspired hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Lajanda Blake (’25, Jamaica) can turn words into poetry and has strong hands to plant and grow much of the food she and her family eat in their Jamaican village. Lajanda chose to study at EARTH to learn about the world of agriculture, community development, and sustainability.

At the age of nine, Adam Vorster (Class of 25, South Africa) became aware of the importance of agriculture for humanity’s food security. Back then, his family was not going through a stable economic situation. As a result, with his parents and sister, they began growing food for self-consumption. Adam had the ultimate epiphany from then on: agronomy would always be an essential part of his life.

Heilyn Calvo Vargas (Class of 2022, Costa Rica) decided she wanted to dedicate herself to science at a young age. Now, only 22 years old, she has achieved impressive results through extensive research that has positively impacted her community, Costa Rica, and EARTH. Her dreams are big, and her desire to fulfill them is even greater. To celebrate Women and Girls in Science Month, we share her story.

In partnership with the CRUSA Foundation, EARTH Futures worked together with different stakeholders from Hojancha, Nicoya, and Santa Cruz counties in Costa Rica to strengthen the management strategies of the Potrero Caimital Biological Corridor, a vital space for the conservation of regional biodiversity and water resources.

On August 9, we celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. We invite you to learn the story of Wendy Esquit (Class of 2024, Guatemala), an indigenous Kaqchikel Mayan student known for her courage, perseverance, and pride in her roots…

Javier Ubilla (Class of 2024, Ecuador) was a curious boy. He liked to investigate topics that adults sometimes considered “strange” for a young child, and when he had the opportunity, he would excitedly explain to them a new idea or fact he had learned. There was a time when he was seven years old and told a family celebration that hippopotamuses secrete a red coloring through their skin that looks like blood and serves as a sunscreen.

Claudia Lorena Cañas (Class of 2023, Colombia), Selvin Jirón (Class of 2023, Honduras), and Romina Ovelar (Class of 2024, Paraguay) stand out at EARTH University for their academic excellence and their energetic drive in fulfilling each project they propose. Moreover, they are recognized for their perseverance, a trait they each developed early in life.

With the financial support of the GEDI initiative and other partners, EARTH Futures is implementing a new project in Guatemala to create opportunities for coffee, mushroom, and honey farmers and hence, mitigate irregular migration from vulnerable communities.

The IFAMA 2022 Conference took place in Costa Rica from June 18 to 22. Hundreds of people from all over the world gathered to exchange ideas and discuss issues related to sustainability in agribusiness. EARTH University had the honor of hosting the 32nd edition of this prestigious event together with INCAE Business School.

Kuruthumu Hemed Saidi (Class of 26, Tanzania) recently traveled to Costa Rica to join the Spanish and Intercultural Induction Program. For her, the opportunity to study at EARTH means finding a new home, a second family, and the drive to achieve her dreams and improve the quality of life in her country.

EARTH opened its doors for the first time in 1990 to 51 new students from seven countries. Full of dreams and goals, they began their advancement at our University and left a legacy that today’s students continue with pride and conviction…

Yohannes Bimrew Simegn (Class of 2025, Ethiopia), a Mastercard Foundation scholarship recipient, is many things at once: an inventor, a dreamer, and a determined and curious person constantly seeking to innovate and improve the world. He grew up in Gojam, a rural community in Ethiopia with minimal modern technology, where agriculture is the primary source of income…