Comments on: Travelogue: Allegro Coffee Buying in Peru http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2008/09/travelogue-allegro-coffee-buying-in-peru/ The Official Whole Foods Market Blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:54:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian Landry http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2008/09/travelogue-allegro-coffee-buying-in-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-7891 Brian Landry Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:56:22 +0000 http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/?p=529#comment-7891 "Those days are over now, as coca has been completely wiped out in this region by the US round-up eradication campaign that so destroyed the land which was sprayed that nothing has been able to grow there for the last 15 years." Unfortunately, as evil and twisted as this makes the US sound, the 'eradication campaign' was of course aimed at cocaine, another organic, sustainable agriculture export that dominated this region for centuries. “Those days are over now, as coca has been completely wiped out in this region by the US round-up eradication campaign that so destroyed the land which was sprayed that nothing has been able to grow there for the last 15 years.”

Unfortunately, as evil and twisted as this makes the US sound, the ‘eradication campaign’ was of course aimed at cocaine, another organic, sustainable agriculture export that dominated this region for centuries.

]]> By: Ximena Sisco http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2008/09/travelogue-allegro-coffee-buying-in-peru/comment-page-1/#comment-7454 Ximena Sisco Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:28:58 +0000 http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/?p=529#comment-7454 Peru is such a wonderful land full of resources that still need to be found, a beautiful country with no luck for politics, and still need to be discover but we are getting there. Thank you for being part of it. Enjoy the food and the people it is unique. Peru is such a wonderful land full of resources that still need to be found, a beautiful country with no luck for politics, and still need to be discover but we are getting there. Thank you for being part of it. Enjoy the food and the people it is unique.

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