IN THE PRESS
Good News Spreads Fast
Here are some of our favorite interviews, product reviews, and Vlogs, shared by top fans to help us to document this wild journey we're on to connect more farmers with customers!
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29 March, 2019
INSIDE ASIA PODCAST
An Interview with Aaron Fishman
In our conversation, we explore what it takes to make a labor and capital intensive cashew processing business fly and what it means to be a social enterprise. Aaron’s point of view...
April 5, 2016
JAKARTA GLOBE
East Bali Cashews Wins Corporate Excellence Award
The social enterprise East Bali Cashews was honored by the US Embassy in Jakarta on Tuesday (05/04) for the commendable societal impact it has in rural Bali.
August 20, 2018
ECO-BUSINESS
These 3 social enterprises are championing sustainable agriculture in Southeast Asia
An increased focus on sustainability and social innovation is transforming the food and beverage industry in Southeast Asia.
November 3, 2014
BBC NEWS
Bali cashew factory changes villagers' fortunes
If your mental image of Bali is of exotic beaches and luxury resorts, Ban village on the slope of the island's majestic Mount Agung feels a world apart from them.
January 3, 2017
THE GUARDIAN
Cashew farm brings people and profits back to rural Bali
The village of Ban in northeast Bali’s Karangasem district in Indonesia is an agricultural community that suffers from pervasive poverty. In addition to a scarcity of jobs, education levels are low among the 9,000 villagers; few achieve a high school diploma and many women do not finish primary school.
November 10, 2013
FORBES
In Bali, An Entrepreneur Builds An Eco-Friendly Workers' Paradise
In eastern Bali, where the climate is dry and the soil unforgiving, just about the only trees that thrive are those producing cashew apples. But while the residents depend on their crops for sustenance, perhaps 90% of the processing is done in places like Vietnam and India. Meaning: Most of the money is made elsewhere; the average income is $2 a day.
