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A palm oil company, a group of U.S. venture capitalists, and the destruction of Peru’s rainforest

Food Environment and Reporting Network

The company has replaced its trucks and tractors with mules and water buffalo and has vowed not to expand its operations into standing forest. Over the past two years, Ocho Sur says, it has spent $3 million maintaining roads and building schools and medical clinics.