Back in 2017, Tim and Jon wrote a paper about a unique and audacious experiment in Costa Rica. Truckloads of Orange peels were dumped onto degraded pasture in the late 1990's, and left to decompose. The result is renewed forest with increased biodiversity, which begs the question: where else in the world can agricultural waste streams help restore degraded soil? 

Original Paper 2017: https://spia.princeton.edu/system/files/research/documents/Treuer_et_al-2017-Restoration_Ecology%20(1).pdf 

Reporting from 2017: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-fruitful-experiment-in-land-conservation/ 

Área de Conservación Guanacaste  https://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr/index.php 

Coffee Pulp Forest: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12054 https://mbgecologicalrestoration.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/30-dump-truck-loads-of-coffee-pulp-help-restore-a-costa-rican-rainforest/ 

Costa Rica Orange Juice Companies:  http://www.delorocr.com/ 

http://www.ticofrut.com/home/ 

Tim on twitter: @Treuer 

Jon on twitter: @jonjchoi  

Interview Recorded on May 23rd, 2022