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Passionfruit, also called Maracuja in Brazil, and known by its INCI name as Passiflora Edulis, is native to the Amazon and other tropical regions of North and South America. It produces a long, woody vine that creates beautiful colorful flowers and delicious, nutritious fruit. Each vine can reach an average length of up to 50 meters. The fruit from the passionflower is round in shape and can be yellow or dark purple when ripe, with a soft, juicy interior filled with seeds.  Passion fruit is packed full of nutrients that are beneficial to your skin and has been used medicinally...

Virola surinamensis, known commonly as Ucuuba, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is humid, swampy forests and wetlands. Ucuuba is a tall tree that can reach a height of 35m when fully mature. The tree produces a small red fruit. Each tree can produce 25-50 kg of seeds per year. In Tupi, the local language of the Amazonians, Ucuuba translates to "butter tree" because its red seeds are the primary source of a naturally hydrating and healing...

Originally from Ethiopia, Coffee was introduced in Brazil in the 18th century and developed thanks to the ideal soil and climate for planting, becoming the country's main export product during the 19th century. Green Coffee is simply the coffee bean but before roasting. Green coffee oil, in turn, is extracted from these beans that have not matured.  Green coffee oil stands out as one of the most effective plant-derived antioxidants in the world for having in its composition chlorogenic acid and tocopherols (better known as vitamin E and also the presence of polyphenols (four times more potent than vitamin C)...

  We're facing a global issue right now that many, particularly large corporations who are involved or profit from it, are choosing to ignore. Meanwhile, the general public remains largely in the dark. Many of those who do know about it choose to turn a blind eye, feeling that they as an individual are powerless to fight it. The problem we're talking about is the current global food supply chain.   Summing it up in one sentence like that feels like a bit of an oversimplification, as there are so many other issues that are at play within it. Deforestation,...