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It's that easy

New blog!! This one is about the famous "grunion run" and the species involved in it. Read all about how you can catch a glimpse of this amazing ritual at www.ochabitats.org/blog

It's that easy

Watch and learn about the 5 steps to creating olive oil here in Israel! In the video, Yishai, our VP takes us through the steps that go into creating your own private label of olive oil. Want to learn more about adopting an olive tree through My Tree in Israel? Check us out at www.mytree.org.il

August 9 is celebrated as The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. There's a lot we can learn from Indigenous people but right on top of that list is how humans should think of our relationship with nature. Sharing 'Honorable harvest' a poem that captures the Indigenous peoples' principles for their relationship with the earth that I first came across in the brilliant book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Know the ways of the ones who take care you, so that you may take care of them. Introduce yourself. Be accountable as the one who comes asking for life. Ask permission before taking. Abide by the answer. Never take the first. Never take the last. Take only what you need. Take only that which is given. Never take more than half. Leave some for others. Harvest in a way that minimizes harm. Use it respectfully. Never waste what you have taken. Share. Give thanks for what you have been given. Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken. Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.

If we understood more about where our food comes from, do you think we'd appreciate it all the more? Our intrepid explorer and Master Chocolate Maker martyn o'dare has just returned from his recent visit to the Solomon Islands to meet with our cocoa farmers old and new. Many of the cocoa farms across the Solomons are in extremely hard to reach locations, deep in the heart of forested areas where the cocoa trees are protected by coconut palms and hardwoods. Tricky journeys, like this one on foot, where Martyn had to criss-cross the river on the way up to the farm, are all the more worth it to discover the outstanding quality cocoa that grows in the nutrient-rich volcanic soil. When the beans are carefully fermented and solar-dried, when they are transported straight to our facility and roasted whole, low and slow to preserve their flavours, when they are expertly conched and tempered, do you believe you can still taste the notes of their origins deep in the heart of these volcanic islands? We do.

✍️ On the blog this week: 🌸 The dahlias have been evicted! 🌱 Something emerges from the soil... 🌳 My guest writes about the hundreds of trees shes growing! ➕...and more! 🔗 You can read it all now at visiting https://lnkd.in/eNZgRXQG

Here is the link to the AmeriMUNC (American University Model United Nations Conference) background guide for the committee I was moderating. Learn more about East African floriculture here:

Jellyfish are beginning to overpopulate the world’s oceans. How can we keep their numbers in check? By protecting sea turtles. 🐢 All sea turtles prey on jellyfish at some point in their lives, but leatherback sea turtles eat almost nothing else. The average leatherback devours roughly 880 pounds of jellyfish each day! Dive into this video from TED-Ed to learn about the jellyfish’s most ancient predator.

Check out our Strain Guide, breaking down what you can expect from each of our carefully cultivated products here at Coastal Healing!