Retired Sarawak teacher grows vanilla into a rewarding retirement venture

Luke Piee has turned vanilla farming into a home-based business that keeps him active, connected to nature and earning money ...

Once on death row, this Malaysian man now grows vanilla for a living

Given a second chance at life, Henry Wong from Sibu, Sarawak is committed to making his life — and others' — more meaningful.
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Vanilla beans: The new gold mine plant

Many farmers are not aware of the value of vanilla beans whose market prices range from at least Sh60,000 to Sh70,000 a kilo. Vanilla beans are reported to be the second most expensive product in the ...
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The Bittersweet Beginnings of Vanilla Cultivation Can Be Traced Back to the Far-Flung Isle of Réunion

A journey to the remote Indian Ocean island reveals the story behind the fragrant, delicious, ubiquitous spice—and the enslaved youth who made it a commercial success Vanilla producer Bertrand Côme ...
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Vanilla Vida scouts US locations as it expands high-tech vanilla cultivation operation

Vanilla Vida – an Israeli startup addressing the huge mismatch between supply and demand in the natural vanilla market – is exploring locations in the US as it ramps up its indoor growing platform for ...
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Ensuring stable vanilla supply with smart farming: ‘Like Mother Nature, we tell the crop when to bloom and not to bloom’

Israeli start-up Vanilla Vida is leveraging smart farming to overcome the ‘biggest pain point’ for flavour houses in the natural vanilla market: an unstable supply chain. Producing natural vanilla for ...