Students help rural Peruvians grow turmeric business
April 30, 2025
April 30, 2025
ITHACA, New York, April 30 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Students help rural Peruvians grow turmeric business
The Cornell students didn't stay at a hotel, but off the grid, in huts with half walls, deforested grasslands whispering just outside. They were in the heart of the San Martin region of Peru, which has lost 14,000 square kilometers of forest, largely to illegal logging, mining, cattle ranching and illicit crops like coc . . .
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Students help rural Peruvians grow turmeric business
The Cornell students didn't stay at a hotel, but off the grid, in huts with half walls, deforested grasslands whispering just outside. They were in the heart of the San Martin region of Peru, which has lost 14,000 square kilometers of forest, largely to illegal logging, mining, cattle ranching and illicit crops like coc . . .