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War in Afghanistan: Moving from Poppies to Orange Blossoms

 
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Junglekeeper
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Joined: 19 Nov 2005
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Location: Vancouver BC Canada

Posted: Sat 20 Mar, 2010 6:38 pm

Can Canadian perfume help Afghanistan break its poppy habit?
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ItÂ’s an unlikely weapon in the war against the Taliban: wrapped in a powder pink box, flowery, and for sale soon at a high-end beauty shop near you.

...a group of female farmers in Jalalabad were persuaded to abandon poppy fields once used for opium production and grow orange blossoms for fragrance oil instead.

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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Colorado

Posted: Sun 21 Mar, 2010 1:57 am

I found this article very interesting, and quite uplifting. I read it with interest. Our company purchases over 100 different varieties of essential oils, and or fragrances, in volumes ranging from 5-gallon pails to 55 gallon drums. We carry two different oranges (Orange oil & Mandarin Orange Oil). - Millet (1.032-)
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