Dole is a multinational corporation that has multiple plantations in Costa Rica but the El Muelle farm is the largest of them. Dole is headquartered in Ireland and is one of the largest producers of fruits and vegetables world wide. They have 38,500 workers and operate in 75 different countries and have 300 products. In …
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Colonialism of Indonesia by the Netherlands
The Dutch started to colonize Indonesia in the 1600s and they ruled Indonesia from 1816 to 1941. The colonized Indonesia as they thought that the way of living there was backwards and primitive and that the European presence and impact of the Dutch would make Indonesia more civil and modern. The material basis of the …
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Products of the Osa Peninsula
Bananas: Bananas in the Osa Peninsula come in multiple varieties including sweet yellow and green ones for cooking. Bananas are typically grown in plantations and need fertile soil with a moist but well drained soil to thrive, the bananas themselves usually grow in clumps of 8-12. The Bananas are harvested unripe before being ripened with …