Where did I come from?
Glad you were interested in knowing more about the origin of your product! Here you will learn about the long path that your Brazil nut has traveled to reach your home, you will learn more about the territory and the communities responsible for collecting your Brazil nut. That way, you’ll better understand how you’re helping to keep the Amazon standing!
Traceability
GHF Brazil nut came from the forests of a region called Calha Norte Paraense, in the north of the Amazon River. It is a mega territory, also called “The Largest Forest in the World”, formed by a mosaic of conservation units and protected areas occupied by Ribeirinhos (those who live on the riverside), Quilombolas and traditional indigenous peoples.
We understand that the best way to take care of our forests is to take care of those who live in them. For this reason, GHF values traditional culture and social aspects of quilombola and riverside communities, responsible for the sustainable extraction of our product
Thus, we are proud to say that we recognize and encourage the secular wisdom of these peoples, fostering fair trade and remunerating them with dignity.
The Brazil nut activity in this territory has been taking place since the 19th century, when people in conditions of slavery settled in the quilombos on the banks of the Trombetas River and its tributaries. In order to survive, these peoples started to live in (and take care of) the forest through the practice of sustainable extractivism. Since then, the extraction of Brazil nuts is still the main source of income for these communities.
Collect Point
Boat on the Trombetas river
Santarém City - PA
Ground Transportation
Sinop City - MT
Distribution to the World
The term “extractivism” refers to any activity in which resources are removed from the environment. To be sustainable, the activity must protect nature’s resources and prevent the ecosystem from being compromised. By consuming GHF Brazil nuts, you value sustainable extraction and, consequently, help us to keep the forest standing.
GHF proves the practice of sustainable extraction of Brazil nuts through organic certification, ensuring a practice that, in addition to benefiting the environment and protecting natural resources, preserves and respects the socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of traditional communities.
The GHF Brazil nut leaves the communities in the State of Pará and then is taken by boat along the Trombetas River to Santarém. From there, via land transport to Sinop (MT), in our processing and distribution unit. There, your nut is processed and selected through careful processes, with high technology so that it reaches you this way, with incomparable quality, full of flavor, healthy and originated by a sustainable process.
The entire route was tracked by a 100% reliable and safe control system, so we guarantee total traceability of all processes in our value chain, from the field in the Amazon, to your home.
Congratulations on consciously consuming and valuing the Amazon forest!
Meet some of the responsible extractivists
FOR COLLECTING YOUR BRAZIL NUTS
Valterlane de Jesus Souza Oliveira
Valdecila Maria da Silva Cordeiro
Silvana Silva Lima
Odenor Castro de Albuquerque
Odenilson G. Albuquerque
Nilcelena Cunha da Glória do Carmo
Manuel Pereira dos Santos
Manoel Ribamar dos Santos
Jocelino Silva dos Santos
Jackson da Silva Oliveira
Francilda Ribeiro Moura
Edna Pereira dos Santos
Arnaldo Pereira de Jesus
Antônia Ribeiro da Silva
Rivaldo Colé dos Santos
Narlisson Siqueira da Silva
Maria Neusa Oliveira Cordeiro
Marcos Batista dos Santos
Hudson Fernandes Régis
Erilene Cordeiro
Eliene Cordeiro Lima
Augusto Duarte Cordeiro
Rosinaldo Printe
Valdeir Adão Cordeiro
Rômulo Xavier Figueiredo
Reginaldo Printe
Raimundo Vieira Adão
Mateus Cordeiro da Silva
Manoel Rogério Colé Xavier
Manoel Cordeiro
José Vieira Xavier (Cazuza)
José Alexandre Vieira
Gizane Cordeiro da Silva
Erielton Xavier Adão
Edielton Xavier Adão
Antônio Braga da Silva
Vicente Batista Gato
Samuel Mendes dos Santos
Ozilane Caldeira Mendes
Oziane Mendes dos Anjos
Ozelino Mendes dos Anjos
Neuziane Mendes dos Santos
Nazaré Vieira
Mazelino Mendes dos Anjos
Natailson Mendes dos Santos
Maria Estelina Mendes dos Santos
Luciano Rodrigues
Leandro Gato de Oliveira
Amaziélio Souza
Francisco Ananias Adão Cordeiro
Dirceu dos Anjos dos Santos
Deusiane Mendes dos Anjos
Anderlandes Dias dos Santos
Clauzemil Silvério
Rocinaldo Silvério dos Santos
Maria de Jesus Pires Estevo
José Paulo Silvério dos Santos
José Elício Silverio dos Santos
Jocinaldo da Cruz Adão
Graciete Silvério
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