Like Nth Wonder it also sources its kenari from Alor Island.
“Before, locals saw kenari trees as having no economic value… other than chopping them down for timber,” says Ms King. “We want to build a sustainable path for locals to walk into the rainforest to harvest kenari without ruining the jungle.
“We really want to educate the young people that this is a very good opportunity to go back to your village, and we also want to support education. These are very long-term goals for us.”
However, she adds that she wants to see the harvesting of the nuts remain based on wild trees, and the planting of kenari farms, where new trees would start producing nuts in their seventh year.
“We don’t want a mono-culture farm like almonds,” says Ms King.
Their company is now producing 20 tonnes of dried kenari per month. The nuts are shelled on Alor, with final processing done in a factory near Jakarta. It sells them both unsalted and salted, and with additional flavours such as cacao and cinnamon, and spicy salted caramel.

















































