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Since 1521, when the first Portuguese colonists settled on her shores, she has provided much of the world's sugar. The gold and diamonds of Minas Gerais made Portuguese monarchs the envy of Europe. The automotive age rode in on Amazonian rubber, and Brazil's terra roxa (red earth) has produced most of the world's coffee...
...Colonia's soil is the loamy terra roxa (red earth) that Brazilians prize most. After two years' full operation, the farms, for which the Government gives seeds and advice, burgeon with fat crops of rice, 15-ft. corn, sugar cane thick as a truck driver's wrist, beans planted among the corn to keep the ground rich and productive. Says Sayão: "They don't mind planting vegetables, but are horrified at the idea of eating them. 'Makes you sick,' they say." But they are catching on, and on better-balanced diets already...
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