Worker Poverty:
Coconut farmers live in poverty, earning less than a dollar a day, and it can be dangerous to make the climb up the tree to get those coconuts.
Not exact matches
Background: Has a passion for serving and transforming the
lives of Filipino
farmers and their communities by producing and marketing high value
coconut products with higher margins to provide these
farmers with more potential profit.
What I also love about Nuco «s liquid
coconut oil is that it is organic and fair - trade, helping the
coconut farmers in the Philippines
live a better
life.»
NUCO has stuck true to their mission by donating a percentage of its profits to enrich the
lives of the Filipino
coconut farmers, their families and their communities.
The company motto, «Coconuts for
Life,» embodies their mission to not only benefit the
lives of Philippine
Coconut Farmers, but also expresses the commitment to producing the most beneficial and highest quality assortment of coconut products possible in giving back to our
Coconut Farmers, but also expresses the commitment to producing the most beneficial and highest quality assortment of
coconut products possible in giving back to our
coconut products possible in giving back to our bodies.
From independent small fishermen and
farmers they became wage labourers working for a triumvirate of ruling families in a succession of new industries - logwood, chicle,
coconut - their
lives transformed into a grinding monotony, guided only by their employers» need to accumulate more wealth.
Added feature includes witnessing various cultural highlights, such as local rice
farmers tending their fields, visits to an authentic Balinese home where you can learn more about the agrarian ways of
life, such as
coconut oil processing, to making Balinese flower tray offerings and a variety of woven
coconut leaf crafts.