“A tall Brazil nut tree, like this one ... a chainsaw for the family farm, and a motorbike to drive the 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the nearest city, São João da Baliza.

José Francisco Conceição started harvesting Brazil nuts on his small family plot in the Amazon forest 32 years ago. It wasn’t until a few months ago that he actually made enough of a profit from his ...

Brazil nuts are one of the most sustainable nuts. They're not grown on farms — they're collected in the rainforest after they drop naturally off wild trees. While the nuts support Indigenous ...

Babassu nut harvesting has long been a side hustle for subsistence farmers in Maranhão, one of the nine Brazilian states that make up what’s known as the Legal Amazon. “Babassu trees play a ...