05/05/2026
Deep in the Madre de Dios — where the Amazon rainforest is still wild, still vast, and still very much alive.
Our team just returned from Peru, where they traveled deep into one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet to visit the small farms and the people behind our Brazil nuts. 🌿
Brazil nuts are one of the few foods on earth that simply cannot be farmed. They grow only in old-growth Amazon rainforest, on trees that can live for 500 years and reach 160 feet tall.
The trees depend on a single species of orchid bee for pollination — a bee that only survives in undisturbed forest. Which means every Brazil nut you’ve ever eaten came from a wild tree, in a wild forest, harvested by hand by people who know that land like family.
In the Madre de Dios — which translates to Mother of God — the harvest is a way of life passed down through generations. Families travel deep into the forest during the rainy season, collecting the large woody pods that fall naturally from the canopy. Each pod holds 10 to 25 nuts. Nothing is forced. Nothing is rushed. The forest sets the pace.
This is what ethical sourcing actually looks like. Not a label.
Not a certification alone. A relationship — with the land, with the ecosystem, and with the people who have protected this forest precisely because it feeds them.
We went to say thank you in person. 🤎🌱
