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Drones, Dairy, and a Denomination: How Turrialba Is Digitizing Costa Rica’s Countryside
['The Latin American Post Staff']
LatinAmerican Post
On a small dairy outside Turrialba, pasture isn’t guessed anymore—it’s measured from the air.
The drone isn’t a trophy; it’s a tool that makes grazing precise, spots stress patches before they become shortages, and outlines woodland buffers that should be preserved.
A Cheese with a Surname—and a StrategyIn Turrialba, data flows from pasture to plate through a single organizing principle: a cheese with a Denomination of Origin.
If Costa Rica wants its appellations to thrive, it should treat digital agronomy as part of the terroir.
Costa Rica can decide that digital agronomy isn’t the preserve of agro-parks; it’s a public good that keeps families on the land and landscapes intact.
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