Environment Sustainable development
Réunion, les nouvelles Soeurs vanille
2023
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Owners of a vanilla plantation in Saint-André, the Appavoupoullé girls, otherwise known as the Vanilla Sisters, developed vanilla-growing on Reunion Island from the 1930s. The interwoven portraits of three women who, in their own way, continue to keep Bourbon vanilla alive and well, and support the struggle of its producers.
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Owners of a vanilla plantation in Saint-André, the Appavoupoullé girls, otherwise known as the Vanilla Sisters, developed vanilla-growing on Reunion Island from the 1930s. The interwoven portraits of three women who, in their own way, continue to keep Bourbon vanilla alive and well, and support the struggle of its producers.
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