31Jul
Summer 2021 Playlist
If you’d like to watch the episodes all in order, watch our YouTube playlist below! Just hit play, sit back and relax!
31Jul
Summer 2021 – ENCORE Episode 11
Back by popular demand! One final ENCORE! Join us on our last adventure of the season as we focus on our organically grown peer-to-peer bread, and now CAKE baking courses! In addition to visiting our last two ovens in La Esmeralda and Santa Rosa, we met with a wonderful mother Esmeralda (Hope) in Guacimo who […]
31Jul
Summer 2021 – Episode 10
Join our amazing intern Anna Sullivan as she reflects on her time here in Costa Rica but also on the significant impact Bricks to Bread has already made with women and families in rural Costa Rica. Hasta luego Anna! Nos vemos pronto. PURA VIDA!
31Jul
Summer 2021 – Episode 9
After a long journey across the country, from the Caribbean to the pacific, we finally arrived in the Guanacaste region where we visited Marlen and her family. Marlen is our next oven candidatas that is excited to work alongside Bricks to Bread. Her oven project includes working alongside her mother, sister, and cousin, giving them […]
31Jul
Summer 2021 – Episode 8
On the road again! After leaving Barrio Escalante, we stopped to visit three of our current ovens to check in with the ASOME in La Esmeralda, Jenny’s oven in Santa Rosa de la Rita, and Daysi Sandoval in Horquetas de Sarapiqui. At each location, we learned of recent successes and new baking techniques. And most […]
31Jul
Summer 2021 – Episode 7
Take a ride with us in a simple carved-out boat up the Taliri River to Barrio Escalante where our third oven was built. The Naitami women and children welcomed us with open arms, sharing their culture, their homes, and their love of bread baking with us.
29Jun
Summer 2021 – Episode 6
From San Vito all the way to Cahuita, Bricks to Bread has put in a lot of hours on the road but we’ve also made a lot of cool stops on the way. Check them out in episode six of our summer of 2021 adventure series!
28Jun
Summer 2021 – Episode 5
Coffee, coffee, coffee… pizzas, cookies, and PANAMA! We’re still in Las Mellizas de Coto Brus! Enjoy the quick journey through the region, as we hike the coffee plantations with Brittany, RPCV, and bake with the Sandi women!
27Jun
Summer 2021 – Episode 4
Experience a magical natural phenomenon walking the whale tail in playa Uvita before arriving at the site of our fourth oven in the coffee region of Coto Brus. A sky view of the whale tail demonstrates the tail, the same area where whales migrate to teach their young in the warm waters of the southern […]
24Jun
Summer 2021 – Episode 3
Our third trip included a visit to Punta Morales where we learned of another compassionate organization that works for those less fortunate in rural Costa Rica. We then celebrated Laura at one of her favorite parks Manuel Antonio National Park.