1. Erosion control isn’t working right now (see top image)– it’s been raining so hard the anti-erosion plants eroded away. Compared to neighbors this is a nice and orderly plantation, but sedimentation clearly deserves to be monitored.
2. The white dots are glue-covered plastic. They attract stable flies, which proliferate in the organic pineapple fields. Stable flies look like houseflies but have giant jaws. They torture livestock and people. And human rights impact assessors.

3. Stable fly bites feel awful. One on my arm is massive now. They start out like this, though, on Blair’s wrist.

4. Blair in Stakeholder/Rightsholder Engagement with the schoolteacher at San Jorge Primary

5. Student at San Jorge Primary enjoying recess.

6. Pineapples

7. Planting pineapple “Seeds”

8. The new shop owners at “Managuita” – the largely Nicaraguan town where many Dole workers live

9. Grass control in Managuita — to keep the mosquitoes away

10. Elizabeth Vargas and her children — she was laid off a year ago but plans to apply for work at Dole in the coming months. (sorry it’s rotated!)