Jesuit High teacher embarks on expedition

Fair trade and organic coffee farming is the topic as a Jesuit High School mathematics and science teacher is on a large-scale research and environmental expedition in Costa Rica this week.

Jennifer Cournia, a 1997 Jesuit graduate, is in Coope Tarrazú, a farming cooperative located in the small town of San Marcos de Tarrazú.

Cournia is conducting research on coffee farms, meeting local farmers, visiting a local coffee processing plant owned by the cooperative, participating in an official coffee tasting and learning about issues affecting fair trade and organic coffees.

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