Coconut water is a health and diet trend, and a multimillion dollar industry in the US. Growing up in Jamaica, jelly coconut was a regular treat. Drinking the water along with eating the jelly of the young coconut was sheer delight. I enjoyed cajoling my uncles or cousin to climb the tree to pick a young coconut. I often scaled a tree myself. More, there is so much life in the whole coconut tree. The leaves, the fruit, the young and mature nut (for raw consumption, cooking, hair and body oils), even its husk is use to build. All serve valuable practical or nutritious purposes. Now, it is one of Lions favorite drinks. I have to buy it in a box, but he will know the story of that multifaceted, healthful and life-giving tree, and how it helps to sustain and nourish the life of entire communities, not just a privileged few.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:31:27 +0000
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