The remains of the 19th-century coffee plantations in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra are unique evidence of a pioneer form of agriculture in a difficult terrain. They throw considerable light on ...

The organic, family-run El Toledo coffee plantation illuminates the process of farming, harvesting, processing, drying, roasting and packaging one of Costa Rico's most famous crops. The owner and ...

Forests were cleared to plant valuable crops such as sugar, coffee, and tobacco ... were transported across the Atlantic to work on Caribbean plantations. Over a short period of time, black ...