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  • Cecilia Vaisman, Alan Weisman

    Vanishing Homelands

    Flowers for Export

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    Cecilia Vaisman, Alan Weisman

    Vanishing Homelands

    Flowers for Export

    During the 1980s, carnations, roses, and chrysanthemums became more abundant and cheaper than ever on street corners and in supermarkets throughout North America.

    Most are grown in a sea of greenhouses surrounding Bogotá, Colombia. For Colombia, flowers now rank with coffee as a major source of employment and foreign exchange.

    But they also convert some of Latin America’s best soils from the production of food to luxury crops. And the chemicals required to produced perfect flowers endanger the environment and the health of the workers.

    Narration is by Edward James Olmos, who hosted a series of 13 half-hour Vanishing Homelands specials.

    Date

    August 1992

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    Themes: Food, Economy, Environment
    Regions: South America
    Media: Audio
    Other Contributors: Cecilia Vaisman, Alan Weisman
    Other Tags: colombia, cut flower industry