10 Raw Tagua Nut Slices | Fair Trade Ecuador Unpolished

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10 Raw Tagua Nut Slices

Tagua nut is a rainforest nut known as vegetable ivory for its likeness to animal ivory. Size: 6mm thick slices length 4-5cm long, 3-4cm wide (approx, variable due to natural nature) Quantity of Slices: 10 These are seeds that grow in pods called cabezas, from the tagua nut palm tree. Tagua’s smooth, hard texture is an ideal medium for carving for pendants. Our supplier, an Ecuador-based NGO, counters poverty and deforestation by creating new jobs that depend on conservation and responsible forest management. The organization works with 23 local artisans, mostly working in home-based workshops to create several, beautiful objects from tagua nuts as well as selling the nuts as raw materials. These nuts are grown all year-round in Ecuador and can be harvested without causing any harm to the rainforest. This makes them a highly sustainable product, protecting wildlife and providing meaningful on-going work for the local people who harvest them. 10 x 6mm thick slices length 4-5cm long, 3-4cm wide (approx, variable due to natural nature) Our supplier, an Ecuador-based NGO, counters poverty and deforestation by creating new jobs that depend on conservation and responsible forest management. The organization works with 23 local artisans, mostly working in home-based workshops to create several, beautiful objects from tagua nuts as well as selling the nuts as raw materials. These nuts are grown all year-round in Ecuador and can be harvested without causing any harm to the rainforest. This makes them a highly sustainable product, protecting wildlife and providing meaningful on-going work for the local people who harvest them.

Additional information
Weight 0.12 kg
Dimensions 8 × 22 × 2 cm
Brand

Terrapin Trading

part number

TAGUA-NUT-MINI

Manufacturer

Terrapin Trading Ltd

model number

Tagua-Nut-MINI-50

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