Portugal is home to the largest cork forest on Earth. A single estate just outside Lisbon holds more of it, under one owner, than anywhere else in the world; the size of Washington DC. Trees whose bark won’t be ready to harvest for fifty years. The land around it is one of roughly three dozen...
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The Forest That Takes 50 Years to Pay Back
At Portugal's largest agricultural estate, managing ancient cork oaks, high-stakes Lusitano breeding, and delicate ecosysytem requires an obession with restraint- and planning half a century ahead.
