In the heart of Brazil’s endangered Pantanal region, a caiman breeding and production facility has quietly taken a leading foothold in the exotic meats market. Sitting on just over 150-hectares of land in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Caimasul is officially the world’s largest caiman meat farm: currently, it houses more than 60,000 of these reptiles and exports over two tons of meat per month. However, their success in the meat market has been shrouded in controversy. Founde

I am a California native who has been living in Brazil on and off since 2022 (I first arrived in Brazil in 2011, when I lived in Rio de Janeiro for several months researching the favela communities and their pulse in the city). Born in San Diego and raised in Los Angeles, I have spent most of my career in the Brazilian Specialty Coffee industry and am an associate for Aquarela Coffee in Los Angeles, CA. More recently, I have started working in farm and wildlife ecology, bring