Holding the Bag With the increased focus on sustainability and third-party certification in meeting corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals, growers want to know what they can expect in the future. It is likely that banana growers are the canary in the mine. South American producers complain that fees must be paid to the Rainforest Alliance to certify their production standards at the same time European buyers are driving down the price they pay for bananas. In short, the same European retailers demanding that growers pay the cost of the CSR imprimatur are themselves unwilling to compensate growers for that accomplishment. The sustainability standards are regularly increased, and growers pay $50/hectare for the Rainforest Alliance labe...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.