So, I was under the impression that Brazil was progressive in its sustainable practices. Yet, having these ideas before researching it fully gave me a misconception. While travelling to Botacatu I meet a group of farmers (140) working together to stop the overproducton of sugarcane. Why is sugarcane being over produced? ethanol. Ethanol is made from sugarcane which is grown in brazil where the rainforest (atlantic coast and amazon) used to exsist. According to the farmer I interviewed, Japaneese companies have bought these forests, cut them down, and monoculturally grew sugar cane. Seeing this with my own eyes was devistating. The land is completly erroded, monocultured, and smells. While driving through the sugar cane farmes, the chemicals were overwhemlming my senses along with the polluted river. After the harvest the sugar cane (3x they can harvest
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