This cooperative of farmers in Brazil’s Caatinga region is adapting to the changing environment by growing fruit on livestock pastures.<br />» Subscribe to NowThis Earth: https://go.nowth.is/Earth_Subscribe<br />» Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis<br /><br />Silvany Silva Lima raises dairy cows in Brazil’s Caatinga region, where climate change and commercial agriculture have taken a toll on the biodiverse, semiarid region. Lima and other farmers have begun growing native trees on their pastures and using the fruit to generate supplemental income.<br /><br />In 2008 women in the Caatinga region decided to form a cooperative of farmers from 14 municipalities to sell products grown by smallholder farms, such as umbu and a native species of passionfruit.<br /><br />Read more: http://bit.ly/3t5nBlF<br /><br />#Agriculture #Fruit #Brazil #Earth #Environment #Science #NowThis
