Using Innovative Agriculture to Conserve Biodiversity
Sometimes the greatest discoveries are made by accident.
We weren't specifically looking for a new species of bee on our family farm in Brazil---but we found o...
Henrique Fiorese
Technology breeds sustainability on Brazilian family farm
Henrique Gustavo Fioresi, a member of the Global Farmer Network, tells how his family depends on technology and sustainability in this story by Joan Conrow, Co...
Henrique Fiorese
Farmer, Brazil
Henrique is a lawyer specializing in labor law. He is legal director of a Brazilian grain producers association, ABRASGRÃOS. He's the third generation of their family farm, started when his grandfather came from Italy to Brazil. He farms with his father and brother. They grow soybeans, corn, field beans, wheat and sorghum on 2,800 hectares. Special care is given to 1,200 hectares of native forest.