Chocolate love has its price on Valentine’s Day as cocoa costs make hearts shudder, not flutter
With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of ...
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After The Party, Mexican Agave Farmers Face Tequila Hangover
Mexican tequila exports surged from 224 million liters in 2018 to a record 402 million last year, according to the Tequila ...
The fiesta’s over for Mexico’s agave farmers
As a boy, Antonio visited his father’s dairy farm several times a week and helped feed the cows and sow corn. His family, mostly farmers from small towns in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, were ...
Climate change threatens global cocoa production: New study highlights pollination-based solutions
Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a vital cash-crop for four to six million small-holder farmers across the tropics, and supports ...
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AfroPoP Digital Shorts Series Feature ‘Aunties’ Who Farm Harriet Tubman’s Ancestral Lands
Donna Dear and Paulette Greene, who are affectionately known as “The Aunties” co-own Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms located in ...