Game: Cracking Down on Ecuador’s Illegal Meat Trade
by Aliyya Swaby: In the morning of June 11, 2011, the Ecuadorian navy publicly burned a heap of confiscated wild animal meat in front of their offices in Coca, a jungle town in the country’s northeast. The smoke from the bonfire and the smell of the meat were carried away by the wind, enveloping a...
Liberia’s Rough Road to Rice Production
by Jessica Shor: 85 percent of calories consumed in Liberia come from rice, but after decades of turmoil and war the country relies on imports to feed itself—at a steep cost. In 1979, Liberian Minister of Agriculture Florence Chenoweth proposed to raise the price of imported rice from $22 to $26 per 100-pound bag. It...
Back to the Grassroots: An Alternative Model of Rural Development Takes Root in India
by Dan Gordon: India has forgotten Gandhi. His face might be on the rupee note in everyone’s pockets, but his philosophy of self-reliant small villages is rarely on anyone’s lips. Gandhi’s once-prominent dream for a nation of agricultural villages is now regarded as nothing more than a pastoral fantasy. Policymakers have instead opted for rural...
Boricua Roast: Café-Hopping in San Juan, Tasting an Endangered Espresso
by Diego Salvatierra: I want to try Puerto Rico’s best coffee,” I told my San Juan cab driver. He drove me through the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan, the city’s colonial district, until we reached Café Cola’o, a waterfront café. Sipping my macchiato (tangy, not too bitter) out in the warm Caribbean air, I...
Mange Bien!
By Emily Hong: I’ve come to appreciate Paris as a metropolis of many food quirks: Parisians disdain peanut butter as “too rich” while hailing fatty duck liver as a national treasure. But it’s not every day that the quick jaunt from my host family’s apartment to the nearest metro stop is interrupted by cattle crossing...
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