Today around 1, 200 local families are part of a successful co-operative called Oro Verde, or Green Gold, which grows organic and fair-trade coffee and cocoa.
In the 19th century, the splendor of these private compounds rose along with the prices for henequen, a plant in the agave family used to produce twine and rope--"green gold" that made the plantations' owners fantastically wealthy.
But playing against the green and gold of the Springboks usually sharpens the senses.
Many Capitol residents, for instance, dye their skin to make a statement of affluence, taking on exotic hues like green, gold and olive.
He recently authored, with Dan Esty, The Green to Gold Business Playbook: How to Implement Sustainability Practices for Bottom-Line Results in Every Business Function.
It was Sinfield who conceded the penalty just inside his own half which allowed the side in green and gold to move upfield to such devastating effect.
Many of the athletes who competed in the green and gold kit feel the same, and believe that criticism of them in London is unfair.
But this success was the first at Test level since 1981, when England head coach Sue Hawkins was actually playing for the Green and Gold.
After hitting the American market as a digestive aid, the green-gold powder worked its way into professional kitchens by the mid-1990s, and has gained a growing following.
Banish from your minds the notion, for instance, that when an Australian sports team takes to the field the entire nation watches spellbound wearing green and gold shell-suits.
Fans protesting against the Glazers have been wearing green and gold scarves - the colours of Newton Heath before it was renamed Manchester United in 1902 - at games this season.
Beneath us was a railway line and in front of us, Circular Quay, the tourist hub of Sydney, from where quaint green and gold ferries plough their way across the harbour.
Black is pricier, followed by Green, Gold and Blue.
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Every four years, when the Olympics roll around, our national colors -- that gaudy mix of green and gold -- will start creeping into the dress sense of even the normally fashion-conscious.
When I asked another fan, dressed head-to-toe in the red, green and gold of the Ghanaian flag, what he thought lay behind Ghana's success, he shouted out two words - "team spirit!"
The staging settles down after that, with a few silhouetted palm trees in green and gold, enabling the basic story to come through: the kidnapping of Gilda by an entourage mistaking her for Rigoletto's mistress, the lecherous Duke's rape of Gilda, her unwavering crush and her father's quest for revenge.
On Wednesday, the Second Circuit said that the judge's ruling that a single color can never serve as a trademark in the fashion industry was inconsistent with a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision, which granted Qualitex Co. the exclusive right to use a green-gold color on pads for commercial dry-cleaning presses.
As the clock ticked down it seemed as though the momentum of the contest had swung firmly in the favour of the green and gold but their hopes of emulating their exploits in 2006 by progressing from their group were effectively ended when substitute Marko Pantelic pulled a goal back for Serbia after 84 minutes.
In that movie, Comden and Green mined comic gold out of the transition from silent film to talkies in Hollywood.
When Abraham Lincoln struggled to preserve our young union, more than 100, 000 Irish and Irish Americans joined the cause, with units like the Irish Brigade charging into battle -- green flags with gold harp waving alongside our star-spangled banner.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the companies in the old Mitsubishi keiretsu, also sees gold in green.
Keene couldn't use regular paint because the sun and the elements would ruin it, so he used gold-leaf metals in blue, gold and green.
On the other side there are murals of Bob Marley and flags of red, gold and green - the colours that symbolise the Rastafarian faith.
It was also one of the last Brazil teams to fully embody the romantic stereotype that comes to mind when we think of the green-and-gold.
There has been criticism of the Glazers for price rises since their takeover in 2005, and many fans have joined a green -and-gold protest against the owners.
If the formbook is to be believed, Warne's final one-day match in the green-and-gold will be the World Cup final itself, perhaps against the host nation South Africa.
Both gold and green models involve prepublication peer review.
The traditional colors of Christmas are green, red, and gold.
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The designers expect their creation to be the first airline terminal in the country to get an official green stamp of approval, in the form of a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Probably Beijing's best mid-range option, the rooms are furnished in imperial gold, red and green.
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