Creating Business Alliances Around Bolivian Quinoa

Alison Taylor reports for Sustainable Brands: Creating Business Alliances Around Bolivian Quinoa When multiple layers of the supply chain work together, transformation is most effective. At Archer Daniels Midland Company, we have seen this firsthand, through providing financial and other support to improve the lives of quinoa farmers in Bolivia. Together with our partner, Andean Naturals; and…

A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia

Shreeya Joshi reports via GlacierHub: Photo Friday: A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia This Photo Friday, journey to Sajama, Bolivia, through photos taken by Karina Yager, a professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, on her recent trip to the country. Joining two Bolivian scientists, Rosa Isela Meneses and Humber Alberto, from the Bolivian…

Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro

Edwin Conde Villarreal reports for El Diario, excerpts follow: Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro • The animal could have measured four to five meters long and with a diet exclusively of leaves and herbs, sometimes of grains, was an herbivore that lived in the Quaternary period. The fossilized skull of a lazy bear…

Bolivia: Bishops call for ‘thorough investigation’ of explosions in Oruro

Catholic News Agency reports: Bolivia: Bishops call for ‘thorough investigation’ of explosions in Oruro La Paz, Bolivia, Feb 17, 2018 / 12:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The General Secretariat of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference called on civil authorities to conduct a “thorough investigation” of recent explosions in the city of Oruro that have left 12 dead…