The coca plant has been cultivated in South America for thousands of years and used for a variety of ritual, spiritual, and ...

Unprocessed leaves from the plant can be enjoyed by chewing them or by brewing them into a tea. Locals still use coca today to combat altitude sickness, and to relieve pain and hunger. Some still ...

The UN allows a few Indigenous groups that have harvested coca ancestrally to cultivate the plant — including the group that Power Leaves is partnering with, according to a pitch deck that ...

Bolivia is pushing for the global decriminalisation of coca leaf – the main ingredient of cocaine – to export the plant and ease its economic crisis. But a "landmark" recent decision by the ...

As the WHO reviews coca leaves' international scheduling status, momentum is growing to address this injustice to Indigenous Andean peoples.

The Bolivian government has insisted in advancing with the industrialization of the plant with the purpose of exporting derivates, although coca leaves remain in the narcotics list of the UN ...

On January 11, Bolivia celebrated the Day of Coca Leaf Tradition, highlighting the cultural, spiritual, and economic importance of this ancient plant. The event brought together indigenous ...

The company has two other cocoa plants in Pennsylvania in Mount Joy, Lancaster County and West Lincoln, Allegheny County; two in Ontario, Canada in Burlington and Georgetown, plus plants in ...