The Fair Food Forager & Friends Show
Aug 30, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 17 segments
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John PerkinsGuest
Paul HellierHost
I joined the Peace Corps in 1968 'cause I opposed the Vietnam War, and I was sent into the Amazon to, to, to live with and work with the Shuar and the Achuar, these indigenous people deep in the Amazon.
And I remember doing some research before I went in, and the research said that these are the, some of the poorest people in the world.
They've, they've got their family units, their kids." Now, w- when, you know, when the oil companies go in, and in many parts of the Amazon have been, that's been totally changed and they've been devastated, so the, only the ones that have been able to keep their old traditions.
And so this idea that they were the impoverished people was simply based on statisticians who looked at how much currency they had, what's their, what was their income per capita, [laughs] a- and didn't take into account what real prosperity is all about.
I joined the Peace Corps in 1968 'cause I opposed the Vietnam War, and I was sent into the Amazon to, to, to live with and work with the Shuar and the Achuar, these indigenous people deep in the Amazon.
And I remember doing some research before I went in, and the research said that these are the, some of the poorest people in the world.
They've, they've got their family units, their kids." Now, w- when, you know, when the oil companies go in, and in many parts of the Amazon have been, that's been totally changed and they've been devastated, so the, only the ones that have been able to keep their old traditions.
And so this idea that they were the impoverished people was simply based on statisticians who looked at how much currency they had, what's their, what was their income per capita, [laughs] a- and didn't take into account what real prosperity is all about.
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