The true cost of our obsession with superfoods like avocado, açaí, and durian
The world can't get enough of so-called superfoods like avocado, açaí, and durian. But they may not be as wholesome as you think.
Amanda Choy
Producer
Residents of Cambodia's waterfront communities said their waters used to be 'decorated by lotus and lotus stem.' Now they're covered in 'gravel and sand' as sand mining threatens their homes.
Sand mining in Cambodia's waterways is fueling international development but displacing many of the local communities who call the waterfronts home.
Filling Cambodian lakes with sand creates pricey new land. It also displaces families.
Communities living on Phnom Penh's largest natural lake, Boeung Tamok, face eviction after the Cambodian government reallocated their land.
Farmers in Brazil are risking their lives to harvest açaí — but they've been left out of the profits from the trendy berry's popularity
Açaí has become one of the world's trendiest superfoods in recent years, but harvesting it is dangerous and not very lucrative for Brazilian farmers.
How fast fashion is poisoning Pakistan's drinking water
Untreated wastewater from Faisalabad's hundreds of factories is polluting the water that is piped into people's homes.
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How saving wild oysters could save America's shrinking coastlines
Wild oysters used to populate America's coasts. Conservationists are trying to bring them back — not just for eating, but to save our coastlines, too.
Brazilians risk their lives to harvest açaí
Most of the world's açaí comes from Brazil, where it grows deep in the Amazon rainforest. The fruit's expensive, but harvesters don't see big profits.
The human cost of your cheap flowers
A workforce of 80,000 Colombian flower workers supplies the US with cheap flowers. But keeping up with this demand has taken a toll on some workers.
How demand for rubber is displacing thousands of people in Cambodia
The explosion of rubber plantations in Cambodia over the past few decades has displaced thousands of people and caused massive deforestation.
Americans eat 40 million turkeys at Thanksgiving every year. Here's why some birds cost so much less than others.
Just four big corporations produce 50% of turkey in the US. Insider shows how turkey gets on our plates and finds out why some cost more.
How durian, the 'king of fruits,' sparked a land battle in Malaysia
Demand for durian in Asia is off the charts. Now, small farmers in Malaysia are in a land battle with a big corporation and the local government.