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Earth Day, Living With The land

The Wine Knitter

Minimizing the Generation of Waste and increasing Recycling Among other things, Emiliana has 91 organic vegetable gardens for its employees, with many participating in collective growing to provide healthy food for their families. And so, they have been farming organically since 2005 and became biodynamic in 2010. Maipo Valley.

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The Immense Human Cost of Keeping Thailand’s Palm Oil Flowing

EATER

For Chai and Usa, after nearly 30 years together scraping by on manual labor jobs and sorting through recyclables for pocket change, operating a tiny general store and having 10 rai (about 4 acres) to call their own felt like a small miracle. Palm tree jungles and the mountains of Surat Thani Province in southern Thailand.