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How Henry Ford's Amazon Rubber Town Fordlandia Failed After 17 Years

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Henry Ford established Fordlandia, a planned town and rubber plantation deep in the Brazilian Amazon, to secure a reliable rubber supply for his automobile empire. The project imposed American corporate culture and farming methods that frequently conflicted with local customs and environmental conditions. Rubber tree crops suffered repeated setbacks due to pests and disease, undermining the plantation's productivity. Despite nearly two decades of heavy investment, the venture never achieved its goals and ultimately collapsed. Ford eventually sold Fordlandia for $250,000, leaving it as a cautionary tale about transplanting foreign business models into unfamiliar ecosystems.

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