Kayapó

Zofia Page imagines a scenario so absurd it reads like satire – yet, in the current climate, disturbingly plausible, and all too close to the reality of rainforest destruction.

Bekuwa Kayapó of COOB-AY, the co-op that supplies our Brazil nuts, joins us in an exchange rooted in friendship, cultural reverence, hope for our shared future.

Brazil nuts are one of nature's richest sources of selenium. But levels vary wildly. Selenium is a trace mineral essential to several critical bodily functions. It plays a role in supporting the immune system, maintaining normal hair and nails, and acting as a powerful antioxidant to protect cells from oxidative stress. 

When you buy the Kayapó's PI'Y Brazil nuts, you’re doing more than experiencing a (delicious!) taste of the Amazon rainforest. Each purchase has significant agency attached to it. It acts as a vote for a more just, sustainable system, contributing to the financial independence necessary for the Kayapó to continue their commitment to protecting the rainforest. We call it Solidarity Trade.

Buy PI'Y Brazil nuts to strengthen the Kayapó people, their culture and the Amazon rainforest they protect and depend on. The Land Workers' Alliance, Roddick Foundation, Hodmedod and Kayapó-led cooperative COOBÂ-Y have come together to build a new direct trade relationship in solidarity with the Indigenous fight for survival, bringing wild-harvested nuts directly from the Kayapó people of Brazil to the UK for the first time.