Consumption of Agroecological Products in Peru Grows 15% to 20% Annually
Last year, Peru had just 28 specialty stores offering agroecological products. Today, that number has risen to 112, and continues to grow. According to Moisés Quispe Quispe, Executive Director of the National Association of Ecological Producers of Peru (ANPE-Perú), the consumption of agroecological products in Peru is increasing by 15% to 20% annually. He noted […]
Amazon Kidney Cotton: Rediscovering a Rare Native Variety
In July 2019, during a routine field visit to the Shipibo-Konibo indigenous community in Yarinacocha, Ucayali, anthropologist Dr. James M. Vreeland, Jr. discovered a towering cotton plant—over 3 meters tall—with a highly unusual seed formation. Known as “kidney cotton” for its tightly packed seeds resembling a human kidney, this variety had not been formally documented […]