We are part of an agro-socio-biodiversity that connects human and non-human lives. Natural ecosystems, culture and different ways of being connect and sustain the lives of the Amazonian peoples. We understand that sustainability—reflected in both new and traditional crops— is built on the ancestry that exists in each territory.
Quinoa, a bit player in the global food scene two decades ago, was scarcely known outside of where it was grown in the Andes.
A revolution has taken place in the produce section of U.S. supermarkets over the past two decades: year-round berries.
I am contemplating a serving of pad thai at a restaurant table, and as I twirl the noodles around my fork for the next mouthful, I rearrange the plate’s ingredients to identify them. I’m at a well-known Thai food chain in Colombia, and my decision to come here today is not an accident.
Oil palm means culture.
