For some, scorching days and humid nights are just the norm. So how do they stay chilled and comfortable?
Luis Pacherrez Antón is president of Agroperu Cooperative, a democratic collective of 102 small-scale farmers in the Chira River valley, Peru. He is based in Piura, known as “the city of eternal heat” because it stays hot and dry all year round. “The sun rays start to shine very early – from 9am,” he says. “So as people who work in cultivation, under a burning sun, we stay comfortable by starting much earlier and consuming the healthy foods that we produce, like bananas, oranges, lemons, grapes, papayas and avocados.”
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For some, scorching days and humid nights are just the norm. So how do they stay chilled and comfortable?Luis Pacherrez Antón is president of Agroperu Cooperative, a democratic collective of 102 small-scale farmers in...
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