Farmers from five San Martín communities are learning about the benefits of producing organic macadamia. They will be planting 5,000 trees within the next month. Macadamia nuts are a good source of fiber, protein, vitamin E and mono-unsaturated fats which have been shown to lower cholesterol. The goals of this project are to reforest, improve nutrition and supplement incomes. All other vegetables inter-cropped with the macadamia will also be farmed organically; positively affecting the environment, local health and the value of vegetables sold at market.
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