Why Coconut Farmers Risk Their Lives To Feed The World's Superfood Obsession | Big Business

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @dennisp8520
    @dennisp8520 Год назад +5031

    Don’t blame the west for wanting to eat coconuts blame the companies for not protecting their workers and researching technology to make harvesting safer/more efficient as well as not automating the processing

    • @christopherwarsh
      @christopherwarsh Год назад +470

      Read: it’s not my problem that my insatiable need will exploit people who need jobs to survive because I’m a tech bro.

    • @Person_Not_Known
      @Person_Not_Known Год назад +623

      @@christopherwarsh I don't get it. Companies are created to meet the demand for a product and don't treat their workers well... It's the consumers fault? Where does the leap in logic come?

    • @apburner1
      @apburner1 Год назад +191

      @@christopherwarsh You're correct. We should ban imports of these products, that'll teach them. We can just tell them to learn to code, it's for their own good.

    • @AbhiSaini1
      @AbhiSaini1 Год назад +134

      ​@@Person_Not_Known It's both. The labor is unsafe and cheap, implementing safety would cost money and drive up the cost of product. So companies would rather make more money. But if you were to have 2 products on the shelf, the safer one would be more expensive and most consumers will pick the cheaper product.

    • @seolhyuniesns2115
      @seolhyuniesns2115 Год назад +1

      @@AbhiSaini1 A ladder with some latches and a 15 year old kid to hold onto it is not "super expensive" bro. I don't care what wage the indians are getting, if they can't finesse how they run their business to that little of an extent then it's their fault honestly. Reality bomb for ya: all these people elect to do things the way they do them, they don't earn as much as they should, I completely agree; but nobody here is being "brutally" exploited. Dude's agile like a monkey he'd run up that tree even if you told him not to.
      You should realize saying that the west prioritizes safety and such more than these people strictly because of finances is just a copout from the other active choices these people make like overpopulating their country.

  • @kanorjunior8306
    @kanorjunior8306 Год назад +2099

    Here in the Philippines.
    No part of our coconut tree is wasted. Aside from the primary uses as kitchen ingredients. (Coconut oil, coconut cream/milk, dessicated coconut for baked goods. There are other uses of it's tree parts.
    1. The leaves, can be a used for ornamental decorations, bags, baskets and others.
    2. The hard stem can be dried and use as fuel/firewood for cooking outdoors.
    3. The old coconut trees that can no longer bear good quality fruits are cut down and processed for lumber and is a good substitute for building simple homes.
    4. The husk can be used for mulching for plants as it makes the soil moist for better mineral absorption.
    5. The outer skin of the husk together with the hard shell is use to make coconut charcoal briquettes used for grilling.
    6. Unused coconut water will not easily go to waste as our farmers use this excess to be fermented to produce a by-product of coconut wine called (túba/lambanog).
    7. Aside from making wine as a by-product of fermentation it can also produce good quality coconut vinegar.
    And, with the help of our scientist and researchers our country is now growing dwarf coconut trees that is very much shorter than the regular tree, it also has the same yield of fruits and even more. Plus, our farmers can now easily maintained and lessen or minimized the pest and insects that is destroying our Tree of Life!

    • @cloverhighfive
      @cloverhighfive Год назад +48

      oh wow thanks for sharing! that's very interesting!

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek Год назад +37

      I'm a bit surprised that much shorter coconut palms aren't already the norm, it seems like the domestication of the coconut is lagging behind in modernisation compared to many other food crops there. I would consider it to be mostly beneficial for harvesting, especially climbing but also pole-cutting, but it would also simplify most harvesting machinery one might try to develop (because making the machine less tall makes it less prone to falling over). more western common fruit like apples, oranges and peaches have been mostly grown short for easy harvesting for probably well over 100 years, especially for mechanical harvesting, and those don't even get as tall as coconut palms anyway. grapes have been grown short since forever. of course it is trickier with palms because you can't just cut them shorter, since they're incapable of branching out, but grains, which as grasses are more related to palms, have also been bred to grow much shorter (I think barley in particular), as this way they grow more grain and less straw while being relatively resistant to wind damage. use of synthetic plant hormones to shorten stalks is also common (that's how they make those super short potted sunflowers you can buy for decoration).

    • @corkkyle
      @corkkyle Год назад +40

      Dwarf coconut trees sounds like a great advance.

    • @LIZZIE-lizzie
      @LIZZIE-lizzie Год назад +24

      That is beautiful! You have to remember the USA doesn't harvest the Coconut. The Coconut is touted as an "exotic" fruit to us by those who ship and market to the West. With todays' prices, one Coconut can cost $3 or more. It won't take long before the higher ups who run the game, are going to make these exotic fruits unattainable. Who's going to suffer more? Those of us who already do not have access to eating and buying Coconut and it's oils, etc., or those who depend on it for a living? 27 ounces of Coconut Oil, in solid form, is $15. It's so good for the skin, cheaper than any other moisturizer, lasts one year for my use and I buy it. Undoubtedly, the price will go up but are those who make this with their hands receiving any profits? No. The workers need to form a massive strike and stop all production until their wages etc., are increased.

    • @Ass_of_Amalek
      @Ass_of_Amalek Год назад +9

      @@LIZZIE-lizzie coconuts have better chances to stay largely available to their traditional consumers because a lot of them are grown decentralised and quite passively

  • @AsiriHemantha
    @AsiriHemantha Год назад +41

    yea im a sri lankan and im soooooo happy this channel has cover a big part of our country's livelihood and they dont call us the "pearl of the indian ocean" for nothing!

    • @ProMainMan
      @ProMainMan 6 месяцев назад

      well that's great but this video is an attack on your pearl of the Indian Ocean.

  • @JustMe54328
    @JustMe54328 Год назад +407

    Don’t blame the WEST, they can enjoy coconut products, blame the factory owners for not paying the workers well.
    PS - I’m from Karnataka, india. My dad and grandad plucked coconuts like this on their farm, not on a large scale, just from 2 trees enough for the family, i grate and peel coconuts at home regularly when I cook at home 😊
    In our cuisine coconut is very very important, the milk, the tender coconut water, the flesh, dried coconut. The oil is used for hair, and we instead use groundnut oil to cook food.

    • @HosCreates
      @HosCreates Год назад +6

      I agree ! they should pay their employees better !

    • @terrancenorris9992
      @terrancenorris9992 Год назад +3

      For the folks who aren't familiar with the term "ground nut", just think "peanut"...☺

    • @amano6979
      @amano6979 Год назад

      it's so sad indeed for those who work hardest and probably face a danger in their work were paid so horrible.

    • @paigejane173
      @paigejane173 Год назад

      No, blame the west. We're buying them.

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 Год назад +3

      It's absolutely atrocious how little these workers get paid when you consider how hard they work compared to a lot of white-collared workers. A LOT of private sector large company positions require intermittent levels of hard work with a lot of free time for WAAAYYY more money.

  • @Flipflop437
    @Flipflop437 Год назад +4

    “What’s left out is…the acknowledgment of people left to bear the brunt of our health food obsessions.”
    So, counter argument. Would these workers prefer to not have this dangerous job? Like, they could just quit and not work, right? Would these workers prefer if Westerners boycotted coconuts, making them lose their jobs? Not saying these companies shouldn’t take more steps to make the job safer, but I think the workers probably prefer to have their job.

  • @anukadewanga7663
    @anukadewanga7663 Год назад +400

    People think 10 dollars is bad but from a Sri Lankan standpoint it's not too bad at all. It's about 300 dollars per month or 90,000 Sri Lankan rupees which is about the salary of a school teacher. It's definitely enough to get by in Sri Lanka especially since the cost of living is far lower than most countries.

    • @nowaconcordia557
      @nowaconcordia557 Год назад +23

      Maybe you don't know how to take on cost of living. Sri Lankans are paying one of the biggest price for living.

    • @ImportantCommenter
      @ImportantCommenter Год назад +28

      Actually about 30k More than a school teacher😂

    • @waranmohanathasan
      @waranmohanathasan Год назад +20

      Let's be practical here! Your calculations are true if she works all 30/31 days in a month. But, ideally she's going to work only 20-22 days a month hence She'l be earning only about 50,000 - 55,000 LKR!

    • @phy6thinker329
      @phy6thinker329 Год назад

      nice say actually they 60$ per month with O/T

    • @divaagarpavalakumar6714
      @divaagarpavalakumar6714 Год назад +13

      ​@waranmohanathasan that is very close to a teacher salary. Blue collar jobs do carry a lot of risks and the reward should be higher too. Sadly cheap labor is a thing of capitalism we are driven by US based economy

  • @KhalilEstell
    @KhalilEstell Год назад +663

    I dislike that Insider business always tries to frame these things as "dangerous" or "problematic". Some industries they have reported on were dangerous for the people who produce the products. But I feel like the company was slandered a bit here. They had PPE. They had their long sticks. The people working here didn't seem to dislike their job. The workers should be paid more and people shouldn't consider coconuts as a miracle food... but its 2023. I'm surprised if anyone still thinks that.

    • @muazunais2378
      @muazunais2378 Год назад +86

      Exactly insider is trying to frame the company as bad, the women earning $10 / day is actually pretty good and she earns more than the school teachers in sri lanka and many corporate jobs lol and people climbing the tree without safety is pretty common here, I'm 20yrs now, I started climbing trees when I was 15yrs old with my bare hands and never fallen off and I have never heard of people even falling

    • @winzyl9546
      @winzyl9546 Год назад +35

      Our area is full of coconut farms, Ive never heard of anyone falling from one. Anyone who knows how to climb a coconut tree has done it since they were a child.

    • @Adam_IB
      @Adam_IB Год назад

      Do notice they try to frame coconut as not a superfood..
      Disregard if it is the truth or not, this is an attempt to sway focus from coconut to.. something they'll sell.
      Insider business is sponsored by some mega company with hidden agenda. Not the first time, many bullshit slogan we has accepted as fact were actually manufactured. Like "breakfast is the most important meal", propagate by some company who sell breakfast meal named James Caleb Jackson and John Harvey Kellogg, to sell their newly invented breakfast cereal.

    • @funkymonkey7202
      @funkymonkey7202 Год назад +23

      Fr I'm from Sri Lanka and even my grandpa climbs the trees when we go to visit him to get coconuts and its not just here most places with naturally growing coconuts (like Jamaica) have people that climb or use. However they probably could pay them a more seeing as Sri Lanka isn't doing so well right now.
      Also Super Food /miracle foods are just marketing slang so that producers can sell more product. In reality a varied diet with plenty of real food will basically cover all your bases.

    • @DeLaRafi.
      @DeLaRafi. Год назад +5

      i think.. if even "eating" origin is from the non west country.. it also will deem dangerous.

  • @YThates
    @YThates Год назад +4

    I'm from the US but my parents are from central american countries. They harvested and enjoyed coconuts in their own culture's foods. I grew up loving coconut water. To this day I still drink a lot of coconut water, I just don't live in a place where I can harvest the coconuts myself. These workers deserve A LOT of compensation.

    • @NoobTube4148
      @NoobTube4148 Год назад

      This video is meant to elicit a guilty emotion in you. The western consumer. From the safety concerns to the “researcher” brought into cast doubt on the superfood aspects, these are all meant to stop you from consuming. I am 100% confident, all those workers are grateful for the opportunities they have and are taken care of really well, in a relative sense to what sort of country Sri Lanka is. Don’t let this video make you feel like you shouldn’t consume coconut products. That’s the only thing that will make them suffer more than anything else. I bet this video is sponsored by some western capitalist who doesn’t give a shit about you, me or these poor workers in Sri Lanka. They just want to either take over the supply or destroy the market if they are in competition somehow. Thank you for supporting developing countries positively contributing to the world economy. ❤ from 🇱🇰

  • @NetITGeeks
    @NetITGeeks Год назад +1

    Good for Sri Lanka. The pay may not be great for these workers but at least it is better than not having a job. Also, coconuts has been consumed for over thousands of years with people living over 90+ years with no major health issues. As long as you don't eat something in excess, you should be OK.

  • @SrinathPerera1
    @SrinathPerera1 Год назад +65

    The video presents this as if it a massive burden for Sri Lanka and its people. Rather it provides employment and much needed foreign exchange for the country. If at al we could improve workers safety a little bit.

  • @abdulkhafidtirtojoyo
    @abdulkhafidtirtojoyo Год назад +472

    Here in Indonesia villagers use well trained monkeys to harvest huge old coconut trees. But in industrial coconut plantation the company select to plant the dwarf coconut trees to make it easier to harvest by employees.

    • @evolancer211
      @evolancer211 Год назад +75

      I've seen a video of that. Some guy trained his monkey, then the wife sold the monkey. Then he bought it back lol

    • @jonlaurenzreyes1902
      @jonlaurenzreyes1902 Год назад +28

      @@evolancer211 is the wife jealous? lol

    • @tony98discovery
      @tony98discovery Год назад +1

      Do you also live near those coconut farms?

    • @Kwidtheboredvid
      @Kwidtheboredvid Год назад +14

      ye can confirm, went to sumatra once to visit a friend in Bukit Tinggi and while on our trip we visited a local coconut farm run by one of his friends dad, i was really suprised when what greeted us at the front wasn't just person but also monkey that had just climbed down a tree holding a coconut.

    • @thertv7707
      @thertv7707 Год назад +32

      You know whats funny?
      In thailand, coconut farmer get sued by PETA for using monkeys to harvest coconut

  • @vikastulsi
    @vikastulsi Год назад +523

    I am from 'Kerala' which literally means - land of coconut.
    I am amazed seeing the tree climbing method used by these people... please ask them to send them to Kerala or Tamilnadu which is quite near by. We can train them on how to use tools for climbing and cutting down the coconuts.

    • @prathapwijesooriya7105
      @prathapwijesooriya7105 Год назад +140

      First time in my entire life I saw a professional coconut plucker climb the tree monkey style !
      It's obvious this man was struggling to climb that awkward way- as the producers insisted him to do (to give the viewers adventurous excitement )
      This entire episode is a disinformation campaign against Coconut products, especially those imported from Sri Lanka

    • @freecommentor
      @freecommentor Год назад +87

      Sri Lankan coconut tree climbers traditionally use a rope loop, which is used to keep 2 feet tightly attached to the tree trunk. Some younger climbers, specially the casual climbers, follow this style. I guess this poor fellow climbed in that awkward style only for the video. 😂😂

    • @sreerajb2423
      @sreerajb2423 Год назад +18

      @@freecommentor that's how they do it traditionally in Kerala too.

    • @pourguy3441
      @pourguy3441 Год назад +7

      Teach them to demand a fair salary as well please

    • @jasinaj5397
      @jasinaj5397 Год назад

      Without PPE

  • @AloysiusHettiarachchi
    @AloysiusHettiarachchi 2 месяца назад +1

    This is one of the best factories I have seen. My father used to work for an owner of a factory who was knighted by late Her Majesty in 1950 for the services to the empire. Remember eating chocolates he brought from London.

  • @AsiriHemantha
    @AsiriHemantha Год назад +6

    the flowers can be made in to a sugary sweet syrup
    the trunk is used to make furniture and logs for building and burning
    the fruit is for well, eating(pretty sure its a seed according to my mother, i am Sri Lankan btw)
    and the leaves are for decor , thatched roofing , hug mats, hand bags etc...

  • @hariskiliyayi4288
    @hariskiliyayi4288 Год назад +117

    In Kerala, coconut climbing machines are being used. These are not sophisticated machines, but very helpful and cheap, which can prevent accidents, which are almost always fatal. These companies may use machines to improve productivity and safety.

    • @sheezy2526
      @sheezy2526 Год назад

      Machines can be used gradually as most of the new generation do not follow footsteps of their father which is good. But if it is done suddenly that would put a whole bunch of people out of jobs.

    • @cbazxy2697
      @cbazxy2697 Год назад +1

      ​@@sheezy2526machies are expensive, not everyone needs or can afford them.

    • @RoshenThomas-z8l
      @RoshenThomas-z8l Год назад

      @@cbazxy2697 governments can give subsidies and essential training for the interested

    • @otomackena7610
      @otomackena7610 Год назад

      @@cbazxy2697 for a company it's not crazy expensive. Also climbers buying machines eliminates the risk to their life

    • @vanisridhar5509
      @vanisridhar5509 Год назад

      @@cbazxy2697 India providing more money for you. But you are working for china as slaves.

  • @indrajithg
    @indrajithg Год назад +148

    I'm a proud Sri Lankan and I hate the whole slavery angle here. While I'm thankful to Business Insider for making this video, it would have been far better if you treated it like your Cinnamon and Cashew videos under Claudia, where there importance to the economy, culture and way of life was highlighted. This one-company-focused, narrow minded angle paints such a slotted picture to the world.
    Whoever thought of doing this in the super food angle totally missed the point. It's great that export market for coconuts have grown, and maybe some companies are cashing in on it, but the majority of coconut industry in Sri Lanka has nothing to do with what's depicted here. Coconut has so many uses, just do a simple search and see how many industries are going on from this one tree. Coconuts are a driving force for Sri Lanka, and you focusing on only the fruit and oil is frankly just xenophobic (in the sense you just subsume the whole thing to your western point of view).
    I'm sure if Claudia was behind this, she would have done a much better job, highlighting the coconut based cuisine, the coconut based spirit called Arrack that's the defining alcohol here, the numerous industries based on coconut tree's various bits from charcoal to fiber to hard wood and religious decorations(and it literally means the entirety of the tree, I'm not kidding, absolutely no part goes to waste! Talk about Environmental sustainability, Westerners can really learn a thing or two), and generally make a more wholesome video about what coconuts actually mean to us.
    If you really want to keep this video in a positive manner, I suggest you change the title to something like "How one company in Sri Lanka is fulfilling the Western coconut oil craze" or something like your other videos. This has almost nothing to do with what usual coconut industries are in the country of Sri Lanka. Your title certainly conflates this one company to the whole country, making them seem like all are underpaid slaves providing for a Western craze. The reality is that what's depicted here is just such a narrow minded version of the whole thing. People use like 80% of the coconuts as food alone, and like 90% or more of other related industries.
    I seriously suggest you allow Claudia to do this sort of videos, or at least consult or get an idea from how she does things. Good luck. 👍

    • @biranbilla539
      @biranbilla539 Год назад +11

      U got a point

    • @damianxavier7343
      @damianxavier7343 Год назад +18

      I wholeheartedly agree with this as a Sri Lankan. I wasn't a fan of how they presented this video, as they are trying to push a narrative which is not really true at all.

    • @focuskerala2022
      @focuskerala2022 Год назад

      Damn true. It is all western tactics.

    • @Sheneller
      @Sheneller Год назад +6

      spot on!!!

    • @hby7768
      @hby7768 Год назад

      lefties lways try to villianize and victimize people that dont want their twisted narrative imposed upon them. Its the white savior complex - pretty racist if you ask me.

  • @Henchman1977
    @Henchman1977 Год назад +176

    Coconut charcoal (carbon) derived from the shell waste is widely used in water filters.

    • @Kelly-mi1yz
      @Kelly-mi1yz Год назад +14

      It’s also sold to heat grills instead of regular charcoal, it’s MUCH more efficient and you need very little of it!

    • @piosian4196
      @piosian4196 9 месяцев назад

      Coconut shell charcoal processed into air filters that Astonauts use on space craft, cost several hundred dollars a gram.

  • @adnaanshahab-mt9yl
    @adnaanshahab-mt9yl Год назад +388

    Is it just me or business insider seems to have an intrinsic agenda to express whilst explaining the manufacturing process.

    • @Ryomichi
      @Ryomichi Год назад +50

      they pick and choose sources while criticizing others as non-ecofriendly, etc.

    • @buddinglearner7085
      @buddinglearner7085 Год назад +20

      on Point man. Complicating a innocent coconut farmer

    • @akarshpanickar6872
      @akarshpanickar6872 Год назад +14

      Ecaxtly these westerns cant see any other country do good

    • @hammaadfahim1969
      @hammaadfahim1969 Год назад +12

      This segment is sponsored by Amazon , so take what I will from that😂

    • @miniontm23
      @miniontm23 Год назад

      Pompous elites who are too high in the clouds to know how the average human has to survive. My entire family is immigrants from the 3rd world and they all worked like these farmers to get where they are today. The perspective of this channel is VERY twisted and seems nefarious honestly.

  • @HariLesiEngreesi
    @HariLesiEngreesi Год назад +1

    10$ a day is above average salary in SL. The video is villainizing the whole thing. World's demand is what saves these people's livelihood.

  • @estudyantips
    @estudyantips Год назад +4

    This is something we should look out for. An advocacy for food sustainability.- Philippines

  • @pranithkumar9743
    @pranithkumar9743 Год назад +33

    Being a cardiologist in India i have spent the last 10 yrs of my life researching why cultures living on coconuts have such low heart attacks.. What we found is that it increases good cholesterol more than bad cholesterol.... If there ever was a super food its coconut

    • @nightboot6194
      @nightboot6194 Год назад +1

      Thanks

    • @nightboot6194
      @nightboot6194 Год назад

      Will eating animal fats give good cholesterol?

    • @mypackmypower1996
      @mypackmypower1996 Год назад

      @@nightboot6194 nope instead it will lead to cancer and impurities inside blood streams.
      not only that there are tons of side effects of eating meat like high cholesterol problem, skin problems, heat and also leads to piles.

    • @emptybottle1200
      @emptybottle1200 Год назад +1

      wow ty doc

    • @lallyamanteofficial
      @lallyamanteofficial Год назад +4

      That nutritionist doesn’t want to call coconut super food😂

  • @maheshwijesooriya2458
    @maheshwijesooriya2458 Год назад +195

    in srilanka we call coconut tree "kap ruka" ,a mythycal tree that provide anything you wish for,technically it gives everything man needs ,litterelly everything ,what a wonderful creation, my family alone consume around 400 coconut per year

    • @brownanrcxist
      @brownanrcxist Год назад +16

      In India we call it kalpa vriksha

    • @skipper2594
      @skipper2594 Год назад +5

      @@brownanrcxist in sri lankan sinhala language , its also called as KALPA WRUKSHA , but sinhalese always make easy words to speak from their original sinhala using short terms
      so in the writing language of lankan sinhala its- kalpa wruksha
      in speaking sinhala , its - kap ruka (shortning kalpa as KAP , wruksha as RUKA )
      same goes with almost all sinhala words
      lankans greet eachother saying ''may you live longer'' so for this , in lankan sinhala language the word is AAYUSHA BOHO WEWA!
      sinhalese has shortened it as AAYUBOWAN ( aayusha to AAYU + boho to BO (meaning is -more/alot) + wewa to WAN =AAYUBOWAN)
      in original sinhala-CHANDRA (moon)
      speaking sinhala- HANDA
      in original sinhala- JANATA(people)
      speaking sinhala- JANA
      in original sinhala- PAASHAANA (rock)
      speaking sinhala- PAHANA
      in original sinhala- AKSHARA( letters)
      speaking sinhala-AKURU
      in original sinhala- vIDYALAYA(school/collega)
      speaking sinhala- VIDU HALA (vidu is the short term for vidya in sinhala(vidya means science ,knowledge + hala is the short term or SHAALA ,(gathering place) so vidya shalawa became vidu hala
      we can explain millions of worlds this way,in sri lankan sinhala language,(if we now use original sinhala to speak in public , sinhalese laugh and ask did you came from the past ?😂
      cuz its went to sinhalese people s mind as the speaking pattern of old sinhalese (they call it raja kaale baashaawa😅- the language of kings era),(cuz 100% of sri lankan sinhalese movies which makes based to historical incidents make with this original sinhala language to make it more realistic

    • @pekocrimson4503
      @pekocrimson4503 Год назад +2

      @@skipper2594 I enjoyed reading this and learning about your languages, thank you

    • @harukrentz435
      @harukrentz435 Год назад +2

      Yup its trully the tree of life. Our ancestors sailing the oceans with boats made of coconut trees and brought nothing but coconut to eat and drink.

    • @pod11th31
      @pod11th31 Год назад +2

      People living in the tropics are so spoiled for food ;P It isn't news to me but every time i see some vid talking how fast and abundant harvests are in warm regions my mind is blown.Harvest every 1,5 month FFS.Our fruit trees fruit once pe r year , abundantly only every second year in some cases(like apples), and they really fruit after like a decade of growing.

  • @ProjectXclusive
    @ProjectXclusive Год назад +27

    Bless them and every other country working hard to produce coconut based products ..I love coconut so much ,I appreciate it from a very young age ,I tried all kinds of products coconuts are awesome .

  • @isaacyoder4137
    @isaacyoder4137 Год назад +9

    I'm a rugged, barefoot, homecooked farmboy, and not quick to believe in the media touting some new thing as the new superfood. But I'm a runner too, and pretty in tune with my body. I've cut open a fresh coconut after runs before, and I gotta say it's a better post-cardio than gatorade. Some coconut milk is my favorite treatment for acid reflux too. I wish while coconuts were cheaper here, cause I kinda enjoy splitting one with a machete, sometimes adding a shot of rum lol

    • @blastermaster5039
      @blastermaster5039 3 месяца назад

      Believe me in this. I am a cyclist that climb hills and mountains for hours and I got to tell you that you are right about coconut water. Its some of the most refreshing stuff being sold at streetside by hawkers knowing cyclist and riders will be riding by.

  • @JustPeterSteel
    @JustPeterSteel Год назад +1

    They don't do it "because of the West's insatiable thirst for natural coconut product ", they work for a company that gets to profit off the West's insatiable thirst for natural coconut product. Nobody came around town with guns to force people into doing this work. There was a demand, some rich people saw a business opportunity and found a place they could grow the product and get cheap labor, and they tried to set up shop. The locals and people from a bit further out welcomed the work, and now have jobs, however dangerous they may be, working for rich assholes who doesn't care about the environment nor the people who work for them, but do care about making a profit, and therefore keeping this business rolling. Let's keep the blame where the blame is due, and not start guilting people into things they're not guilty of. If you want to change the system you have to change things at the producer's level, not just the consumer's.

  • @dominic6055
    @dominic6055 Год назад +106

    That nutritionist is the first nutritionist with common sense that I've ever heard. Instead of super foods we should focus on removing toxic foods, while focusing on local fresh produce. But yes, coconut oil is preferred than than vegetable oils from seeds.

    • @Rig0r_M0rtis
      @Rig0r_M0rtis Год назад +1

      I'd bet any Italian or Greed would fight you for that.

    • @dominic6055
      @dominic6055 Год назад +9

      @@Rig0r_M0rtis lol funny cuz I'm italian...btw olives are not seeds, they're fruits, just like coconut...For seed oil I mean sunflower,peanut,canola

    • @Rig0r_M0rtis
      @Rig0r_M0rtis Год назад +1

      @@dominic6055 lol funny cuz coconut oil is vegetable oil and is made from seed

    • @dominic6055
      @dominic6055 Год назад +8

      @@Rig0r_M0rtis coconut is a fruit, not a seed nor a vegetable...you better research things

    • @Rig0r_M0rtis
      @Rig0r_M0rtis Год назад

      @@dominic6055 hehe you should hit wiki maybe. The whole thing including the fibers is fruit but the juicy oily part is the seed🤣

  • @Decki777
    @Decki777 Год назад +73

    I'm from srilanka I have 43 acers coconut farm we pay pretty good for the workers most of the workers getting government school teachers salary 😅

    • @nekahill359
      @nekahill359 Год назад +6

      Thats good .They do hard wor thats good to know they get fair waves.

    • @nowaconcordia557
      @nowaconcordia557 Год назад +6

      Now that you had to mention it specifically we know that's total bs.

    • @muazunais2378
      @muazunais2378 Год назад

      @@nekahill359 they are $10/day is a high wage here and teachers earn like $7/day.
      The low cost of living and free education, free healthcare and no income tax.
      It's more than enough to live with that kind of money.
      I belong to the upper middle class and I earn through freelancing and I myself find it hard to spend more than $700/m on stuff.
      It's easy to live a very luxurious life under $1000/m

    • @divaagarpavalakumar6714
      @divaagarpavalakumar6714 Год назад +3

      ​@@nowaconcordia557hard labor in sri lanka is not cheap and coconut farm cannot be labored with people without prior experience. So they get some decent wage according to knowledge. But still their job have some innate danger.

    • @sheezy2526
      @sheezy2526 Год назад

      @@nowaconcordia557 Believe what u want bich

  • @forme3h
    @forme3h Год назад +16

    To us Pacific Islanders, Coconut is life, Tree of Life!

  • @ManUnited6380
    @ManUnited6380 Год назад +2

    Let's be clear: the west doesn't tell anyone to climb trees with bare hands and feet, it doesn't tell anyone to shell coconuts with spinning saws without protective gear. Having a demand for something isn't ethically wrong, and the western consumers have no obligation to establish labor safety standards in a foreign country (many countries actually bash Americans and Europeans for imposing human rights standards in their countries). If a Sri Lankan company is generating 40 million dollars a year from exporting coconut products, it's on them to provide their workers with better working conditions, it's on their government to pass laws to make sure workers are protected.

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment Год назад +17

    wow, didn't realize how dangerous the harvesting is! makes sense why dwarf trees are increasing in popularity

  • @Nowseemypoint
    @Nowseemypoint Год назад +7

    8:20 the coco lumber can also be used to build a nipa hut, its leaves is used as roofing, the leaves sticks are using for broom to clean the trash and fallen leaves in the backyard, the coco coir as soil medium and the coconut shell are excellent for charcoal

    • @piosian4196
      @piosian4196 9 месяцев назад

      I see a lot of cocolumber but don't see much replacement plantings.

  • @dulantha1
    @dulantha1 Год назад +27

    In Sir Lanka, we have consumed Coconuts for centuries. So even without research, we know it works!!! Glad the world is recognizing this now. Other superfoods to be discovered would be Millets, Sweet Potatoes, and Cassava.

    • @citizencoy4393
      @citizencoy4393 Год назад

      What do you use the sweet potatoes for?

    • @dulantha1
      @dulantha1 Год назад

      We keep this simple. Mainly it's breakfast. Boil and mix with a bit of salt and coconut scrapings (can have without coconut). Doctors recommend this for kids so this is added to their meals as well @@citizencoy4393

    • @mystifyingdude
      @mystifyingdude Год назад +1

      We know innately, they do research and smear it.

    • @citizencoy4393
      @citizencoy4393 Год назад

      @nomenclature9607 I meant what health benefit specifically as I hear a lot of ppl frown at sweet potatoes in the west with claims that it aids in producing and increases fibroids. SMH

  • @michaelkurniawan2706
    @michaelkurniawan2706 Год назад +7

    I mean, I understand that climbing a coconut tree without harness is dangerous.... but here in Indonesia it is already like a culture.
    My grandpa used to climb coconut trees behind his house for 50 years or even more, and even he still climbed the coconut trees when he was 80 years of age. We didn't ask for it, he just wanted to do it. The interesting part is, most of the guys there can do it too, its not something special haha

  • @KeepItLwky
    @KeepItLwky 9 месяцев назад +1

    People in the PH don’t use anything to climb coconut trees as well but they have steps to make sure they get a good grip of the tree and can rest if they want. I’m shocked they don’t have that in Sri Lanka.

  • @doodskie999
    @doodskie999 Год назад +2

    Here in the PH
    After a hard night of drinking, coconut water is a great hangover cure. I drink one or 2 glasses of it and after an hour, my hangover is cured.

  • @AnimeShinigami13
    @AnimeShinigami13 Год назад +6

    Coconut coir is extremely useful to gardeners. Its not just the meat for food. The husks help me grow my own food. If i ever manage to afford going down to my parents' place in florida i'm REALLY gonna want some dropped fronds and fresh coconuts to experiment with for crafting! Coconut milk also helps with my B12 deficiency.
    One thing I suggest if you're into grilling, put a coconut shell meat side up on top of the coals. The coconut oils and flavor will perfume the area, producing clear, fragrant smoke and giving white meat a fantastic flavor.

    • @StofStuiver
      @StofStuiver Год назад +1

      There is no B12 in plants. Only in meats.

    • @BossOfAllTrades
      @BossOfAllTrades Год назад

      ​@@StofStuiverYes and also insects which I'm surprised vegans never consider

    • @BossOfAllTrades
      @BossOfAllTrades Год назад

      Consider having more organ meats are they are the most nutrient dense food source.

  • @karandeepchhabra2100
    @karandeepchhabra2100 Год назад +16

    They must eat what grows in their region. That's best for them.
    Pistachios, pine & macademia nuts are becoming a hype in India but wise ones are eating what the land throws out effortlessly.
    Infact I usually avoid almonds that are grown in North India because in my area(central India) they aren't grown at all. So we try to stick to organic non gmo groundnuts, coconuts and ofcourse ghee.

  • @almalyncabansag4442
    @almalyncabansag4442 Год назад +30

    I just wanted to say that
    Coconut fruit shells can be made into jewelry cutlery bowl cups instrument charcoal and in decorations.
    The husk can be used to make coconut fibers that has many uses. Like basket, gardening pots, ropes, and many more.
    Cocopit are good for gardening.
    The bark are good for deco.
    Leaves can be made into broom, and can be weave in a traditional wall of a house.
    The stem of leaves can be used as a wood to burn in stove. The core in the top of coconut tree is a delicacy if its raw and cook. The stem is good wood for building .
    The coconut meat is used to make oil, and coconut milk,
    We also got sap from the coconut that can be made into sugar, wine, and venigar

    • @hoviksmail
      @hoviksmail Год назад

      They use coconut husks as soil too, called CoCo Coir. Is basically cleaned, sterilized ground up coconut husks.

    • @HosCreates
      @HosCreates Год назад

      i've also seen husks turned into charcoal for cooking

  • @mikhail2446
    @mikhail2446 Год назад

    9:44 "... because it has no cholesterol" Lol. That's not true. 😂
    I'm from Indonesia where the coconut originated from, and there's plenty of coconut here more than other countries have. Indeed we used coconut milk in various cooking, but quite rare to use coconut oil.
    Because according to medical research, the coconut oil contains high levels of saturated fat which causes high cholesterol. The Coconut oil contains 5x - 7x more cholesterol than the palm oil. That's why we mostly use palm oil for cooking.

  • @pablopablo3834
    @pablopablo3834 Год назад +3

    "No food should be named a superfood". I couldn't agree more the video could just be her saying that and its over.

  • @benhaymond3391
    @benhaymond3391 Год назад +52

    I love when they guy says, I trust my arms and legs. We, the outsiders, shouldn't be telling people what they can and can't do. If he wants to climb the tree, that's his choice

    • @sujithsom5459
      @sujithsom5459 Год назад +2

      they can learn from indians

    • @MrDanthemanlyman
      @MrDanthemanlyman Год назад

      Most of our western peers are fat incapable sacks of meat, so they couldn’t imagine climbing a tree. To them it’s the most insane thing in the world.

    • @caiussl3249
      @caiussl3249 Год назад +3

      ​@@sujithsom5459learn what??

    • @sujithsom5459
      @sujithsom5459 Год назад

      @@caiussl3249 how to climb safely for centuries
      . last year one farmer even developed a motorised way to sit and climb arecanut tree. similar device can be developed for coconut tree too.

  • @janicecorera
    @janicecorera Год назад +119

    Coconuts remain the magic ingredient in Sri Lankan cuisine, its what makes traditional SL food taste divine. Like who can beat the taste of Coconut sambol made with freshly grated coconut ? 😍

    • @randomgamer_SSRB
      @randomgamer_SSRB Год назад +7

      Pizza

    • @janicecorera
      @janicecorera Год назад +17

      @@randomgamer_SSRB garbage no comparison at all !!!

    • @skipper2594
      @skipper2594 Год назад +1

      @@randomgamer_SSRB unhealthy s#!t

    • @yashhaddad1952
      @yashhaddad1952 Год назад

      *scraped

    • @janicecorera
      @janicecorera Год назад

      @@yashhaddad1952 there is a difference in culinary terms when speakung and writing. It helps to know the difference !!!!

  • @gihansam5487
    @gihansam5487 Год назад +6

    I am a technical person in coconut industry in Sri lanka, only the host is making into a big deal, most of the factories in sri lanka have good safety standards. That is how you pluck coconut from a tree for centuries and only drunk idiots fell from trees. No body balming the west, this would give much needed uplift for those communities. They all have all ISO standdards to export. Only the upstream of the this process is labour intensive: however, in the downstream all automated machines such as : tetramachines, UHT, Belt press and combi block , even this documentary after the peeling fully automated.

    • @pekocrimson4503
      @pekocrimson4503 Год назад +2

      Yes, this video's framing seemed a bit off to me too. It almost comes off as a condescending "look at those poor savages scaling the trees so that we westerners can eat our superfoods"

    • @sheezy2526
      @sheezy2526 Год назад

      Typical media sensationalism. Also, they don't care about what happens to these semi skilled workers that only know how to pick coconuts if demand for coconut suddenly fall thanks to bullshit videos like this.

  • @WalterWagner001
    @WalterWagner001 3 месяца назад

    I planted over 1000 coconut trees from sprouted coconuts, on the island of Hawai'i. It took about 7 years for them to reach maturity and produce coconuts. Thereafter, the production is continuous and relatively constant. That was circa 1997.

  • @lilytea3
    @lilytea3 Год назад +23

    0:02: 🥥 The demand for coconut products has surged in recent years, but the health benefits may be overhyped.
    3:10: 🌴 A coconut farmer in Sri Lanka risks his life to climb trees and harvest coconuts, earning less than $5 a day.
    7:46: 🥥 Coconuts in Sri Lanka: a source of food, income, and cultural significance.
    10:18: 🥥 Coconut oil and coconut water have different effects on the body, with coconut oil being high in saturated fat and potentially harmful to cardiovascular health.
    12:14: 🌴 Coconut and açaí farmers are struggling to keep up with global demand, while earning very little for their produce.
    Recap by Tammy AI

    • @HarmanSingh-lw9ut
      @HarmanSingh-lw9ut Год назад

      US creates these superfood fads often. I am still amazed after all these years, why people get obsessed over something just so easily. Then a new fad comes in and people rush over to go get that. Super Crazy.

  • @RainebowEvee
    @RainebowEvee Год назад +6

    I think a reason why 'super foods' rubs me the wrong way is that in elementary school, I was jeered at for bringing 'strange' foods for lunch. They would make fun of any foods that didn't fit within the American norm, and then turn around and laud them as 'miracle foods' without knowing or caring about the cultural significance.

    • @BossOfAllTrades
      @BossOfAllTrades Год назад

      Anything is a miracle food compared to the standard American diet

  • @tony98discovery
    @tony98discovery Год назад +6

    *Personally, I have never seen a tree whose most parts are commercially usable like the coconut tree.*

  • @143Salt
    @143Salt Год назад +8

    In philippines, some areas use long bamboo sticks to pick coconut fruit, not climbing.. bamboo sticks are adjustable, add some stick, take out stick, depends on height

    • @svanimation8969
      @svanimation8969 Год назад

      In India we use machines tools this type of companies always use machines now this company looks good but why they don't using machines it will improve the efficiency and then cost of production will be saved I don't know why

  • @ngneerin
    @ngneerin Год назад +1

    $10 a day is not little, most software programmers dream of that income in the Indian Sub Continent.

  • @pamwho772
    @pamwho772 Год назад +1

    Why do I sense a very negative undertone? Consumers are receiving numerous health benefits and farmers’ livelihoods are secured in this process. Blame economy for the farmers’ wage discrepancy and support the positive uprise of eating good food. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Popular-Travel-Food-Tours
    @Popular-Travel-Food-Tours Год назад +47

    Super interesting how coconuts spread around the tropics all over the world the past thousands of years, but i gues their form - hardness and such fit well for that. Pretty cool how that company produces all sorts of coconut related items 🥥🥥

    • @suskagusip1036
      @suskagusip1036 Год назад

      Our ancestors in the islands of the Philippines has been using this for centuries. Our house is made of coconut trees. From the bark to the leaves.

  • @VellaiRoja
    @VellaiRoja Год назад +9

    Making 10 dollars a day meaning almost 300 dollars a month is much more than an average person in Sri Lanka makes....

  • @Tigerlady248
    @Tigerlady248 Год назад +47

    Coconut oil is actually really good for frying, because it has such a high smoking point-though avocado oil has the highest smoking point. Coconut (and avocado) is superior to most seed oils for that reason because it doesn't have the issue of smoking and getting free radicals in your food. Coconuts are not a miracle food, but they do have some health benefits--hell, outside cooking, coconut is really moisturizing and is one of the better natural moisturizers out there (theres a reason its IN a lot of them). And coconut water is a healthier source of electrolytes and sugars than Gatorade, though it does have natural sugar so weight it out. So. Goods and bads.
    But ya, do your research, don't trust blind faith.

    • @viktorcheng2061
      @viktorcheng2061 Год назад +5

      I had alopecia, patches of bald spots on the back of my head. It would usually take months for hair to grow back. So then I tried applying coconut oil on the bald spots and hair grew back in a couple of days. Also coconut oil is good for my eczema

    • @boohere2
      @boohere2 Год назад

      I don't like Coconut. Whatever way. Don't use any. Don't even like the taste. Coconut water is disgusting. I would choose regular water or Gatorade over that any day.

    • @harukrentz435
      @harukrentz435 Год назад +3

      Stop using avocado oil got any idea how detrimental it is to produce 1 litre of avocado oil?

    • @cheesecake7159
      @cheesecake7159 Год назад

      The minus point in coconut oil are the smell, not everyone like the smell but if remove the smell it became bad bcs to remove the smell you need to heat the oil

    • @xsilkix
      @xsilkix Год назад

      If you want super smooth, silky hair, use coconut milk (or oil). It's also very effective against head lice and dandruff.

  • @NguyenTrongTan82
    @NguyenTrongTan82 Год назад +1

    Bro, in South East Asia pretty much every kids know how to climb a coconut tree. It's funny how western consider it's a big deal 😂

  • @folyrd
    @folyrd Год назад +82

    "On the other end of everything we put into our mouth is someone who's worked tirelessly to get it there"
    Truer words have not been said 😉

    • @tony98discovery
      @tony98discovery Год назад +6

      That's right, farmers need to be appreciated.

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare Год назад +4

      ​@@tony98discoveryget a westerner to do that and no one can afford them. That's why hard labor moved east.

    • @minimalistic_banhaus
      @minimalistic_banhaus Год назад

      LMAO

    • @cbazxy2697
      @cbazxy2697 Год назад

      ​@@triadwarfarewest have choice but in east people don't, there aren't Many sectors to make money

    • @ResortDog
      @ResortDog Год назад

      If it was not Mined, it was GROWN.

  • @enidmercedad
    @enidmercedad Год назад +8

    This what I can tell you as a Caribbean woman who lives in Puerto Rico. 1. No one in the Caribbean cooks with coconut oil. Only for special occasions like making coconut shrimp. 2. Most of us can get or make homemade coconut oil. I use for my hair and skin. Not face because breakout. People also use it as a mouthwash and natural toothpaste. 3 a lot of people in the Caribbean do not drink water. Only coconut water. American store bought coconut water, taste like shit. And nothing like the real thing.

    • @anamaganda9352
      @anamaganda9352 Год назад

      Yes it tastes so bad because it's pasteurized and they add preservatives for longer shelf life. I grow up drink coconut water, but hate coconut water sold in North America

  • @reid.b2926
    @reid.b2926 Год назад +13

    I'm an economist here to tell you that there's no such thing as "keeping up with demand". Higher demand means higher prices and more potential profits, which is a good thing.
    edit: I was wrong. See replies.

    • @jeevacation
      @jeevacation Год назад +1

      These guys love trying to control everything instead of leaving things to supply and demand.

    • @Drigeolf
      @Drigeolf 4 месяца назад

      That's not true. You're forgetting about economies of scale. When prices go up, most producers will expand their business to capitalize on it. Meaning they're going to purchase machines, create more efficient production lines, purchase more land and so on(like we saw on this video).
      You saw how the introduction of these coconut saws increased worker productivity by a factor of two. If your business is small, it means you have access to less capital i.e. you can take fewer loans and you have less overall revenue. You pretty much can't afford fancy equipment. Also, manufacturers who can produce more volume are preferred for trade over buying from lots of smaller ones, meaning you'll have to deal with more middlemen to survive as a small producer which will cut into your profits.
      Very high demand creates a kind of pressure where you either expand or go out of business. This is what people mean when they say they're trying to "keep up with demand". This is also one of the mechanisms that causes prices to stabilize in the long run.

    • @reid.b2926
      @reid.b2926 4 месяца назад

      @@Drigeolf Oh, I see. So the higher demand causes the bigger producers to become more efficient and outcompete the smaller producers. The smaller producers would probably feel pressure from buyers to either produce more volume or sell at the cheaper price offered by larger producers. Yeah, that makes sense. Thank you for correcting me. I was thinking at from an industry-wide perspective, but from a farmer's perspective, they would very much be struggling to "keep up with demand".

    • @reid.b2926
      @reid.b2926 4 месяца назад

      @@Drigeolf Yeah, I totally forgot about economies of scale. Thanks again, I appreciate your thorough explanation.

    • @Drigeolf
      @Drigeolf 4 месяца назад

      @@reid.b2926 No problem at all.

  • @pitucao
    @pitucao Год назад +1

    Im from brasil and i happy to see people from outside brasil enjoying açaí

  • @daneshj4013
    @daneshj4013 8 месяцев назад

    Just want to say, I love these Business Insider videos. I've learned so much about entire supply chains that help to demystify the marketing smokescreens

  • @Kelly-mi1yz
    @Kelly-mi1yz Год назад +9

    Don’t blame the people eating it, get mad at the employers for not hiring more people , get mad at them for not having SAFETY standards! Don’t you dare blame the consumers!

    • @lakshmir7616
      @lakshmir7616 Год назад +1

      You are under estimating the power of consumers.

    • @BossOfAllTrades
      @BossOfAllTrades Год назад +1

      ​@@lakshmir7616Yes we choose to buy whatever is cheap not realizing we are supporting less ethical organizations

  • @prathapwijesooriya7105
    @prathapwijesooriya7105 Год назад +5

    Clearly, this document has been produced to discourage the US consumers on coconut products, by far those imported from Sri Lanka.
    The daily wage of a coconut plucker (only employed by urban dwellers to pluck fruits from a couple of trees- never be employed in estates due to inefficiency) are earn more than Rs. 3000-5,000 a day ($10-15) which is well beyond a government school teacher / University lecturer, and more than enough to run a family of 5.
    They have purposely asked that coconut climber to climb the tree in a very awkward way (monkey style) to make a big seen. But the real tree climbers use a hard loop on their feets to add grip, and climb the tree like embracing it ( just search in RUclips)
    Clearly the content of this audio and video, both are hype.

  • @msvp9740
    @msvp9740 Год назад +7

    In India Coconut tree is called "Kalpavriksha", as every part of it is useful in one way or the other. The coconut water inside the nut is a delicious drink. In dried form it is called copra and is used to manufacture oil.etc

  • @bangis3735
    @bangis3735 Год назад +1

    I dont think that Sri Lanka is the largest coconut supplier in the world. Sri Lanka is much smaller country than Philippines and other SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES which has the larger plantation of coconuts.

  • @iAmEbolaWoT
    @iAmEbolaWoT 9 месяцев назад +1

    I find it interesting that the company earns hundreds of millions of dollars per year, while paying farmers $5 a day and workers about $10 a day.
    If there was 500 farmers; that equates to less than $1 million a year; if there was 2000 workers...just over $7 million.
    Another fine example of trickle down economics; aye?

  • @vipuldhomane
    @vipuldhomane Год назад +14

    I didn't knew that coconut is a superfood. As an Indian coconut is an integral part of our culture. Everyone in India consumes coconut directly or indirectly through chutneys, coconut water, gravys etc

    • @jarvisjackson4833
      @jarvisjackson4833 Год назад

      Any foreign fruit is seen as a super food in the west recently, it's just food bloggers keeping themselves employed.

  • @sophiaisabelle027
    @sophiaisabelle027 Год назад +19

    These coconuts sure are plentiful. Sri Lanka has numerous natural resources. Much like any other country in Asia, the more resources, the more bountiful harvests that are being produced.

  • @CodeWithBanchi
    @CodeWithBanchi Год назад +16

    I am from Sri Lanka, but didn't know about this kind of mass production. and in my place coconuts are expensive 🤔

    • @5410th
      @5410th Год назад +2

      Now you know why it is expensive in SL.!

  • @aa-.-477
    @aa-.-477 Год назад +1

    Shoes with spikes and waist slings that wrap around trunk of tree can be used as PPE's?

  • @onixtheone
    @onixtheone Год назад +1

    This may seem like a silly question but, why don’t they grow the trees in a slant? That way they’re closer to the ground or at least easier to climb

  • @arunsubramanian7949
    @arunsubramanian7949 Год назад +4

    If he does not want to use any climbing aid- not my fault. I had been eating coconuts since I was a year old.

  • @roddysj
    @roddysj Год назад +22

    why is it the consumers fault for the companies having terrible work safety and greedy ceo's taking little precautions and minimising protection for their workers?

    • @MelbourneArchviz
      @MelbourneArchviz Год назад

      consumers are happy and the workers prefer work to begging. the people who made this show think they are woke but they are aholes.

    • @aarondeancurtis2199
      @aarondeancurtis2199 Год назад

      Because good Lobbyism 🎉

  • @PhongLe-od6fo
    @PhongLe-od6fo Год назад +3

    Whenever a non-western country develop an industry, western journalists always go, "Whoa, pump the brakes. What about the environment? What about safety?"

  • @theassassin8057
    @theassassin8057 11 месяцев назад +1

    In Malaysia, we called coconut as "the plant for thousand uses". It milks were used to make our National Dish the Nasi Lemak 😋

  • @johnathanmagliari8461
    @johnathanmagliari8461 Месяц назад

    I am from the Pacific islands, and we use coconut oil as medicine for many things (healthy skin,; treating cuts, burns, and dry hair ; and getting bugs out of your ear, among other things) . We knew that it was way way healthier than vegetable oil. In fact, we only started having issues with obesity and heart disease after WWII, when cheap vegetable oils were introduced into the islands. But we all knew that coconut oil was fattening. Even though it does not damage the heart or clog up vessels like vegetable oil does, we all knew not to eat a lot of it because it would get us fat.
    So imagine my surprise when I got to the US and saw people eating a spoonful of coconut oil every day, like it was peanut butter or something. We don't even do that. They told me that it helps them lose weight. I was like "Whaaaatt?"

  • @michaelpharr8343
    @michaelpharr8343 Год назад +8

    Looks like a nice clean setup, Shame they’re paid so little.

    • @caiussl3249
      @caiussl3249 Год назад

      No it's way more than enough for a living here

  • @havabighed
    @havabighed Год назад +2

    Butter has trans fats, coconut oil does not have trans fats.

  • @TangoJuliett1
    @TangoJuliett1 Год назад +9

    They always blame ”people in the west” i knew that before i even klicked the video… 🤦‍♂️

    • @-glitch-8195
      @-glitch-8195 Год назад +4

      Exactly. They completely ignore that it’s a huge economic opportunity for the people in those poor countries. Without the western demand, companies like this one wouldn’t exist. Farmers wouldn’t have anyone to buy their product. And the people wouldn’t have jobs.

    • @ashanmaynard4085
      @ashanmaynard4085 Год назад +4

      I am from Sri Lanka and I'm against people who blame the West and people who cry for workers. They think this is slavery as payment is just 10$. But here Lunch costs only around 1$ and education and healthcare are free. So 10$ is pretty reasonable. Actually blaming the West is another foolish thing . How could someone blame customers for buying things? I think the problem is how this video is presented. They always try to point out negative things instead of positive impacts of this industry.

  • @jack86
    @jack86 Год назад +1

    i am from indonesia. i can climb 15meter high coconut tree when i was 8. i drink young coconut water almost everyday. now, i am unable to climb.

  • @BigRigStreaming
    @BigRigStreaming Год назад +1

    Sure blame the consumer not the employers that set the standards the employees work with.

  • @jessivickers3828
    @jessivickers3828 Год назад +10

    Under paying their staff is ridiculous.

  • @brettlinthicum6649
    @brettlinthicum6649 Год назад +3

    40 million a yr but pays employees nothing....

  • @lesliecas2695
    @lesliecas2695 Год назад +7

    Sri Lanka needs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

    • @isuzu343
      @isuzu343 Год назад +1

      Americans will have to pay 18 bucks for a coconut instead of 2. Never gonna happen.

    • @jacksonfev
      @jacksonfev Год назад

      Prices will go up significantly, companies will stop producing because profit margins shrink, local farmers lose their jobs and one of the few sources of income available to them, customers become outraged they don’t have coconut products anymore so they write their congressmen to bully companies, congressmen cut a deal with the supplying government to create exemptions for safety, local government does it because they need the income, companies move back in, back to square one.

    • @jacksonfev
      @jacksonfev Год назад

      Be glad you won the birth lottery and were not born in a third world country. If you really care, go volunteer or donate to charity.

  • @rajbeekie7124
    @rajbeekie7124 Год назад +1

    This video is a hatchet job on the consumers.
    There are many things the farmers can do to harvest coconuts safely.
    They could use a safety belt.
    Also, cooperatives can be formed to improve price of product.

  • @danny208YT
    @danny208YT Год назад +2

    Sad when the usa complains about slavery decades ago but we're literally looking at slaves making $5 a day when the company does 40 million a year.

  • @cristianfamigliuolo
    @cristianfamigliuolo Год назад +8

    Americano, Yesterday the super foods was avocado! Tomorrow they will arrive with red fruits and then with grasshoppers when they have consumed everything.😂😂

  • @VadimkaMr
    @VadimkaMr Год назад +20

    saturated fats are the good ones , don't be fooled

    • @Shantelle69
      @Shantelle69 Год назад

      Amen

    • @DenisChakia
      @DenisChakia Год назад +1

      I mean to a limit. It’s not like idk, fiber for example where you can eat a lot of it

    • @BossOfAllTrades
      @BossOfAllTrades Год назад

      ​@@DenisChakiato much fiber leads to bloat, indigestion, constipation and diverticulitis.

    • @BossOfAllTrades
      @BossOfAllTrades Год назад

      ​@@DenisChakiaThe thing about fat is you can't really eat to much, Unless you put sugar, As the fat fills you up and keeps you full, sugar and carbs does the opposite and fiber doesn't stay long enough in the gut to keep you full. This is why keto diets work very well compared to high fiber, Which is why 90% of diets fail they think fiber is magical. The real truth is fat and protein

  • @TheSeptemberRose
    @TheSeptemberRose Год назад +5

    I always loved coconuts as a kid because I love the flavour. I don't care if it has "magical powers" I eat it because it tastes good. Drinking the water right out of a fresh coconut is delicious! I don't care for these "Superfood" trends......I just like to eat interesting foods. I feel bad that people and their lands are being exploited by big companies trying to get rich.

  • @mackyme001
    @mackyme001 Год назад +1

    Here in our country we do cut and curved something on the coconut tree so we can easily climb up. I'm amazed how these guys climbing without even those cuts.

  • @MoaoiePascual
    @MoaoiePascual Год назад +1

    At 2:18 you show the asiatic rhinoceros beetle A.k.a. Coconut Rhino Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros). That is indeed a coconut pest that can decimate crop trees if left unchecked.
    At 2:24 you actually show a different beetle, the Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma) which is not a coconut pest, and is actually a Japanese symbol. It's a very important animal in Japanese culture, and is not known to be invasive in Sri Lanka.
    Please correct this.

  • @omarrazak4638
    @omarrazak4638 Год назад +8

    Because of theses company's coconut prices in Sri Lanka have gone up by 100% 😢

    • @damianxavier7343
      @damianxavier7343 Год назад +3

      I wouldn't say 100%. Few years ago coconuts used to be around 70-80 rupees and now it's around 100. It's increased considerably but not by 100%

  • @akula9713
    @akula9713 Год назад +10

    No mention of the jobs created? Just the evil Anglos wanting exotic foods. SMH.

    • @christopherwarsh
      @christopherwarsh Год назад +1

      A job you’d never do. They don’t do it because they love it- they do it to survive

    • @apburner1
      @apburner1 Год назад +3

      @@christopherwarsh Doesn't that describe most people? Or is it different because they are brown people working in agriculture?

    • @akula9713
      @akula9713 Год назад +2

      @@christopherwarsh Considering that in my lifetime, I’ve cleaned inside ships double bottoms, plastics factory ductwork, apprenticed in an Iron Foundry, then the job they do is very clean and safe in comparison. Wanker!

    • @kezia8027
      @kezia8027 Год назад

      @@akula9713 ahh so it's the heavy metal poisoning making you so dumb, that makes a lot more sense.

  • @WoodCarvingsSDPHV
    @WoodCarvingsSDPHV Год назад +16

    Proud to be a srilankan ❤❤

    • @ashanmaynard4085
      @ashanmaynard4085 Год назад +8

      haminenda epa yako proud gaga. Rattu hinawenawa owata

  • @Luke-Emmanuel
    @Luke-Emmanuel Год назад +1

    if they were getting paid properly these humans would have smiles on their faces...... :(

  • @jamesb.9155
    @jamesb.9155 Месяц назад

    What I have noticed about canned coconut milk and bottled oil is that the fresh smell of canned coconut cream goes away in a short time. The same with 'pure virgin coconut oil', the odor of freshness doesn't last long. So I don't but it and prefer fresh coconut meat grated for Indian curries.

  • @ekko9397
    @ekko9397 Год назад +4

    Wth? How horrible of the west to create jobs for Sri Lankans.

  • @seolhyuniesns2115
    @seolhyuniesns2115 Год назад +6

    There exists climbing shoes and various other gear electric mast operators use on a daily basis. I don't believe that these people couldn't buy or make their own gear if they really wanted to. Fact is it's faster without equipment and the dude has never fallen in 4 years of doing it. It's not like these people haven't heard of rope, stop with the manipulative narrative framing.

    • @kelseywillow8110
      @kelseywillow8110 Год назад

      They didn’t even show the monkeys that do this work for them. It’s propaganda because the west doesnt like animals being used.

  • @ericcarabetta1161
    @ericcarabetta1161 Год назад +4

    I'm so tired of all these hippie grifters that try to pitch every "new" vegetable/oil/fruit/grain, that they "discover" (that's been used for hundreds of years by some other culture), as a "miracle cure" for everything.

    • @kpNov23
      @kpNov23 Год назад +1

      I'm tired of whiners

  • @davidfarmingagriculture
    @davidfarmingagriculture Год назад +1

    su técnica de pelado de coco es increíble

  • @MayoLovesMusic8888
    @MayoLovesMusic8888 9 месяцев назад +1

    Anyone else saw that one coconut that was thrown behind the worker's back and didnt make it in?

  • @smiter1945
    @smiter1945 Год назад +5

    Classic gaslighting of western culture.