In the mezcal craze, wild agave plants are vanishing in Mexico

To meet the skyrocketing demand for mezcal, Mexican producers are over-harvesting wild agaves, threatening their landscape's biodiversity. Some ecologists and producers are now trying to preserve these plants.

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