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Travis McKnight, EcoWatch Waking Times Agriculture plays a massive role in today’s global economy. It’s easy to not realize that your salad’s fresh tomatoes are likely flown in from the Netherlands, its asparagus is picked by a Peruvian farmer and the...

Palm oil has become a massive business, and while its total value is difficult to assess, CNN reports suggest the global market for this product could be as high as $50 billion. Few people actually cook with palm oil or have even seen this raw material...

And a rare day with no new news from Fukushima and the nuclear power front. . . From Deutsche Welle, flu news: Dutch authorities confirm second case of bird flu Officials have detected the second case of bird flu in a week in the Netherlands. All...

On a recent trip to Costa Rica, I travelled from San Jose to Quepos and encountered a huge (and I mean, huge) palm oil plantation. As we drove further into the fronded forest, I noticed a despondency rising within me. So much primary and secondary forest...

To the Interamerican Foundation for Tropical Research (FIIT), the SAN member in Guatemala, 2014 was a year of growth both in terms of scientific research and certified operations in this Central American country; Moreover, in labor relations and in the...