http://www.fairandfunky.com/go-nuts-for-fairtrade-on-national-nut-day/
“Despite the name, the journey of a Brazil nut begins in Bolivia…
Gatherers forage the nuts from deep in the Amazon rainforest. They go on collection camping trips for days or weeks at a time, braving: jaguars, electric eels, piranhas, vipers, vampire bats… and the threat of a nut falling on their head. These nuts are in fact seeds, which grow in pods the size of a coconut or grapefruit. Each pod can…
