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03/10/2024

BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE-COFFEE

Coffee producer Neide Peixoto carries coffee beans at the Santo Antonio farm in Santo Antonio do Amparo, Minas Gerais, Brazil on May 15, 2024. - Raphael Brandao beams with pride as he talks about the high-end Brazilian coffee he produces with beans sourced exclusively from Black farmers in a country where many still associate the product with slavery. Brandao is a leader in the so-called Coffee producer Neide Peixoto carries coffee beans at the Santo Antonio farm in Santo Antonio do Amparo, Minas Gerais, Brazil on May 15, 2024. - Raphael Brandao beams with pride as he talks about the high-end Brazilian coffee he produces with beans sourced exclusively from Black farmers in a country where many still associate the product with slavery. Brandao is a leader in the so-called "Black Business" wave in Brazil that promotes commerce among people of African descent as a tool for social progress. Peixoto is one of the first to sell her product to Brandao. (Photo by Douglas Magno / AFP) / TO GO WITH BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE-COFFEE WITH LOUIS GENOT AND DOUGLAS MAGNO


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