Brazil has long been called “the country of the future,” but in 2026, it’s still struggling to escape the patterns of its past. Built on monoculture exports, plantation slavery, and foreign influence, ...

PORCIUNCULA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazilian José Natal da Silva often tends to his modest coffee plantation in the interior of Rio de Janeiro state in the middle of the night, sacrificing sleep to fend off ...

Irrigation crucial for Brazil's coffee amid climate change Coffee prices rise due to supply shortfall, drought impacts Concerns over water use in Bahia's agricultural expansion LUIS EDUARDO ...

A farm in the Paraíba valley of Rio de Janeiro state in southern Brazil has been restored as a slave plantation and is now open to the public. While this isn't any big news, the fact that black people ...

Farmer setting up high-tech cocoa farm larger than Manhattan Production to be nearly 100% mechanized, using high-yield trees Cargill is a partner in the initial phase Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut a ...

Introduction / Vera Rubin -- Perspectives on plantations / Julian H. Steward -- Plantations in world economy / Ida C. Greaves. Comments / H.A. Rhee. Comments / Raymond E. Crist -- The plantation as a ...

PORCIUNCULA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian José Natal da Silva often tends to his modest coffee plantation in the interior of Rio de Janeiro state in the middle of the night, sacrificing sleep to fend off ...

PORCIUNCULA, Brazil — Brazilian José Natal da Silva often tends to his modest coffee plantation in the interior of Rio de Janeiro state in the middle of the night, sacrificing sleep to fend off pests ...