Cashew Nut Processing - Peace Corps Ghana

A how-to video showing cashew nut processing.
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[@lman2677]

You tell your employees how much appreciated they really are. Cashews are a very wonderful nut and everyone I know likes them. The work they do is very worthwhile. Thank you for showing us how you do this and how much work goes into it.

[@martinvkumar1]

May your business grow more and more.

[@audreyfoster998]

So glad to have seen this video....I never appreciated HOW MUCH WORK goes into each and every cashew.....I don't think I will just mindlessly grab a handful of nuts again....I will cherish each and every one !!!

[@christopherreef1629]

:) mindfulness and appreciation and awareness is key to life

[@bdmesq]

Indeed we should be thankfully daily for everything we get as food and for everything we get so easy by all people in the world who make our life so easy

[@alexandercanella4479]

Mindlessly grabbing a handful of nuts is a crime in most places.

[@ilovemesomechickenbutimave7052]

Thank those woman for us all in America we may not know the sacrifices that are made so that we may enjoy things but I think we're starting to wake up congratulations for starting a business for your entire town

[@garyspeed8961]

Great Video, now I appreciate how much work is involved in preparing

[@vivecacroes1026]

That s why cashew is so expensive ??? I wonder other nuts.

[@wisdomsheldon]

Good question!

[@purpy102]

I never realized how labor intensive it was to process cashews.

[@jeriemelperez8470]

I really love to eat cashews nuts...i now understand why it's so expensive..we should appreciate those workers who did this food.. without then we can't enjoy this delicious nuts...❤️❤️❤️

[@ansaksa]

it is not the most expensive nut.I think it should be. would give some of the money for safer working conditions.saw video from india,their hands were completly swollen broken from those tocic oils from nut

[@davidthegood]

It really makes you think, doesn't it? How many times have I absentmindedly shoveled a handful of cashews into my mouth without a thought on how long it took to produce them or how many man-hours were invested. America is pretty danged rich.

[@m1zterP]

+Tome Rodrigo I doubt there is an issue with hygiene at their factory. Their final customers that package/ship/store/sell you the cashews are the ones you should be concerned about. Also, I'm sure most of the people eating the cashews they bought at the store do so without washing their hands first (which btw touched the filthy can/bag and who knows what else! hahaha)

[@linzierogers961]

+David The Good I have had similar thoughts. This could be mechanized but would be a larger wholesale cost to western buyers. The workers need money so badly and have no leverage. The west has money and leverage and demands the lowest cost. That's why they hate Castro and Mugabe. They won't let them do this to their citizens.

[@HrSamstag]

+Linzie Rogers Oh yes! Castro & Mugabe, the best saints could happen to "their"(!) citizens. Let contaminated Communists talk and they unmask theirselves.

[@patriotsfan1236]

very true . makes you think and wo see how much money they make for this . I'm gunna say very little I wish I could thank them monetarily. hopefully fair trade cashews

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

+Tome Rodrigo hun WE'RE not eating those cashews they are sold there in Africa. . Next time read your bag it will tell you where the nut is from..

[@pauls0416]

My gosh! This must be why cashews are so expensive! I get it now.

[@noelburke5126]

Christmas

[@endangsf3]

Christmas Eve ya dificult to peel off. If our skin touch the cream of skin it likes burn. In my country lots of that nut but no bady care .

[@huskychronicles3249]

haha I just realized today how expensive they are. With little thought, I thought they'd be around 4$ a container. 18.99$

[@azhariftekhar8460]

amzn.to/3c5HEqY Buy

[@ajay2734]

@@endangsf3 in India its very expensive but people like it

[@fabtate8621]

I always appreciate those people who provide the most delicious nut for us.

[@thanhvu4005]

Its unbelievable that still have this kind of production in 2012...!

[@brandonGCHACHU]

From now on I will eat cashews one by one and savor every bit of it.

[@kingofheartsxyz]

i like the ghana english accent. . reminds me of my professor who was from ghana

[@sharonsmith1455]

it is nice to know they are able to work , didn't know that the oil from a cashew was as irritating as poison ivy though, see ya learn sumpin new every day , I seen a comment on why they didn't have gloves, i'm thinking that any kind of glove used would probably get in the way and might hinder more than it would help. Either way it is good to see that there is now work for them closer to their homes, and doing something that the world needs, or really likes.

[@mjade1673]

I wonder what cashew plant strain these are . It's actually two chemicals. Slightly different than the urushiol in p.ivy. From what I read they are worse! Causing literal burns to the skin. Maybe some cashews plant strains are worse than others. ?? Interesting

[@loverboysudheer]

Melanie Jaid by

[@chikaeze260]

greetings from the BIAFRAN land

[@uhavemooface]

These workers are awesome and couragous for using their hands to do this job. Cashews can be really dangerous for hands. They are messing up fingers all over India right now. I wish that every cashew company would have machines instead of people doing that part of the job. God Bless you all.

[@SaadNFlimz]

when ever i will eat i will remember them...

[@cyborgdale]

And what part does the rooster play in all of this?

[@johnmiller9076]

how long does it take from harvest to the final process ?

[@topdown727]

This is so labor intensive that to only charge $8 or $9 dollars a pound retail must mean that the workers are paid something like 50 cents an hour I'll bet.

[@Corn_DOG]

I don't have an exact number but you aren't too far off. One thing you have to keep in mind many of these workers (primarily women) would be out in the sun all day working fields (making less than .50 per hour) if this community hadn't created this processing facility.

[@razorman65]

so?

[@Btt8]

At least the factory is worker owned so it's not just the hourly rate these women benefit from

[@ruth_0404]

Wow. So much work! No wonder cashew nuts are expensive!

[@brandtmccall5184]

With the many fantastic health benefits of cashews ie. 10 grams of protein for half a cup (great vegan food), 82% unsaturated fat and very high in antioxidants cashews protect our hearts from heart disease while meat increase LDL the unhealthy cholesterol. They are high in Calcium and Magnesium too. As a vegan for health, care for animals and environmental reasons I eat cashews about four times a week in cashew cheese, which is delicious!

[@jeffreybelden2491]

Thanks to all you people who bring these delicious little buggers to me. I never reallized that it had an apple like fruit with it, sounds to me like they taste similar to the crabapple. Would love to find where to buy them.

[@soundseeker63]

Poison ivy huh?..... You'd think they'd at least be given gloves for the job! I appreciate the effort that goes into a tasty packet of roasted cashews much more now. They price makes sense when you know all this. I wonder what the deal is with macadamia nuts!?

[@jasminflower3814]

Macadamia nuts are native to my country Australia. They grow in a round green shell on a big tree. Open the green shell and you have a very hard brown shell. Crack it open and you have the maca nut inside. You can eat it raw or roasted, both tastes beautiful. ;-)

[@soundseeker63]

Jasmin Flower Any idea on why they are about x4 the price of most other nuts? Other than having a long trip to make?

[@jasminflower3814]

soundseeker63 Probably because they are seen as an exotic nut. There aren't that many maca farms here and they would have to travel along way to you in America. They are a very versatile rich oily nut which might add value to them as well.

[@bethanybdavidson]

soundseeker63 they’re pretty difficult to extract from the shell in whole, unblemished pieces. I have to believe that’s part of it.

[@kruzoniasworld5897]

@@bethanybdavidson he's asking Jasmin why macadamia nuts are 4 times as expensive as most other nuts.

[@monika.rozkydalkova1609]

Workers get less then 1 Czech Crown from one packing, i.e. less then 0.045793 U.S. dollars.The most of all money are for the Supermarket. Who is so keen on economy to explain to me, what makes some countries so expensive against anothers to be fair?

[@PCVMedia]

Peace Corps Volunteers work with cashew farmers and processors to build their capacity. Peace Corps is a grassroots development organization and we provide trainings rather than capital. Our role has been to introduce Ghanaians to processing so that one day when *they* have the capital, they can pursue processing in their own country rather than exporting to India or Vietnam.

[@alhassanadam6517]

PCV Media get me in touch with anyone in the cashew processing business. I want to invest there. Am really interested in making some business from cashew farming and processing.

[@mindpower2824]

You should be ashamed for exploiting poor ppl. You DON'T care about their health nor their lives. You're disgusting

[@emmanueljames3720]

Please I want to visit this cashew production factory. I'm in Nigeria

[@bakershughes2820]

Good evening How can I contact you

[@mayurphadte8107]

i love this african people love from indian

[@LouiseNah]

Why don't they wear gloves? :(

[@mindpower2824]

They're exploited. In other countries it is mandatory to do it. They not only wear gloves but long sleeve shirts, eyeglasses, and masks to avoid them inhale the fumes

[@Latasharamsel]

Was thinking how nice it was to see the ppl from Ghana make their own little factory, but then I seen "them" no one can break away from those evil tentacles. Peace corps me arse

[@sandiatek7201]

Now I will have no problem paying the premium price, I will now put one cashew at a time in my mouth and will take time to eat them. I'm glad I watch this video.

[@horrnett]

why don't they use rubber gloves ?

[@Mari443Garrett1]

No wonder it's so expensive... all the hard work that goes with it.

[@geoempowerinitiative7390]

The cashew nuts largely get wasted here in Liberia. I would have considered processing it for export had it not been for the difficulties in doing so.

[@splatharackal1337]

Are they doing it with bare hands ?. Won't the oil burn the fingers ?

[@duffdeluxe]

Ever think of giving them some gloves?

[@Zreknarf]

they can buy their own gloves, cashews are fucking expensive

[@Maloy7800]

***** In the store near you. They don't make a dime out of that. They get ONE DOLLAR A DAY. How much gloves cost? Only .99?

[@Zreknarf]

sure but you can't blame the american people for that, they pay a fair price for the cashews, there must be some greedy middle man hoarding the profits, yell at him

[@Maloy7800]

***** How long was the bus you took to school?

[@Zreknarf]

I walked ~30 minutes, idgi

[@aprilmancuso6611]

Wow alot of work goes into those cashews! No idea of the oil n ivy tho good info.

[@Jade3381]

I learned a lot from this always wondered how cashews were grown and why they didn't come their shell but, the mic kinda looked like a taser

[@wheelie642]

If I was shelling those cashews I would be like .. one for you, and one for me (bite) .. one for you and two for me (bite)

[@lawrenceragoo4866]

lol hahaha

[@alexandercanella4479]

They are poisonous until they are processed.

[@davespark10]

Best song ever!

[@waisam1]

I would love to see the first person who found out you could eat these

[@mariacriselda5902]

This is so brilliant!

[@thuggie1]

Cashew Nuts are soooo nice i could eat them every day what do they do with the Cashew apple?

[@geoempowerinitiative7390]

The processing workload is a little too much. Is there not a way to automate the process using machines?

[@funnynickline]

"The miraculous fruit given by God of the Universe Godbless you all there" you will be all wealthy🙏✝💎✝🙏👍👍💪💪

[@aminudineyussufan-namurawy7787]

May you always grow, but if can tell me where to get a cutting machine I would appreciate

[@lancewalters5544]

I luve cashew nuts - I will always buy

[@wisdomsheldon]

My god I thought this was done by a machine, that cashew oil is very dangerous 😱

[@louisstark4523]

I'm eating cashew nuts while watching this

[@cyllo2878]

Please where can I get some the machines to buy and the steamer... In Ghana here.

[@obi-wankenobi8446]

Is there a reason they don’t wear gloves? If the sap is really bad for the skin!

[@aronalexander2000]

I wonder if they eat whiles they work is definitely take a handful a day to go home

[@wolf5109]

You can see how dirty their hands actually are 3:21 when he's closing the door. Where his hand is on the door is where they always grab. So after a while it actually stained the door

[@divinelivity1111]

Whole lot of work bro

[@paulplumb1648]

What a cracking video

[@umeharis09]

oh my God,now I knew the reason of its higher price.do these people get good wages like price?

[@Jkvlogs999]

How long they will dry in oven?

[@jerrelCbanks]

why not just give them gloves to deshell the cashews?

[@stans4me]

Seems logical right? And gloves are relatively cheap.

[@Corn_DOG]

there are gloves available but most workers choose to not wear gloves since they lose dexterity and since the are paid by the kilo it its beneficial for them to be able to work faster. To protect their hands from the caustic oils of the chasew shell they coat their hands in coco oil

[@nguyenthanh-ws5bp]

Jason Ready coco oil is affordable for their living standard?

[@jerrelCbanks]

Jason Ready i've seen plants like these with gloves that fit the hands perfectly so dexterity loss would be minimal. But since you bring the performance based pay i can see how a worker would decide to go without them, its just something about this video that leaves me doubting that they have a choice to wear nice form fitting gloves

[@razorman65]

ya ever try working in the heat with rubber gloves , dude! it's a sloppy mess

[@wendy8947]

Thank you so much for producing this video. At what point is the cashew considered raw yet edible?

[@Beth___-]

As far as I've read, there's no way you could eat a raw cashew nut because of the urishiol that would contaminate the nut I you peel it when it hasn't been steamed and/or toasted. They say in Indonesia they have a different technique to extract the raw nut without contaminating it but still don't know how that works :/

[@Beth___-]

P. S.: In order to say something is really RAW, it can't be heated above 45°C, I think.

[@shenghan9385]

Holly shit. Never knew cashew nuts require so much labour to process... 😥😥😥

[@LOUDsigh]

i thought i couldn't wait to stop working. gesh! wut a job

[@elviswjr]

Needs subtitles but very interesting nonetheless.

[@arifmz7696]

No worries about the gloves. Once they open the nut from the shell. The nut need to be dry and put again in the oven for few hours. So the cashew nut is sterilized. u wont got diarrhea.. no worries!

[@datusalumni279]

hmmm. interesting! they don't wear gloves but use oil to protect their hands! seriously hard work, I'm seeing!

[@mindpower2824]

That oil won't protect them. That's what they've been told. In other countries it is mandatory to wear gloves, eyeglasses, long sleeve shirts and masks

[@RightWingCon81]

Yum, I can’t wait to throw my cashews out. That dust and grime covered bamboo chute really adds flavor. I wonder what the hand-washing station looks like in that place.

[@bethanybdavidson]

RightWingCon81 you must have never seen peanuts in their early stages of harvesting and cracking then. These nuts will go through several stages of cleaning and sorting before they eventually make it into a canister of Planter’s.

[@saharasahara7086]

Wow what a beauty

[@greenvaley07]

thank you

[@sonnymery4193]

are all cashews heat processed/roasted or is it possible to buy them raw somewhere?

[@jimbakers]

Sonny Mery you can usually get the raw cashew nuts in supermarket

[@r3dl0f]

butir terel .... sedappp bohhh

[@shivastalakal4333]

How much kg cashew nut can we gets from raw cashew

[@supernaturalruthtams]

Pls how can I receive my order if I want to buy??? Am in Nigeria Rivers state, Port Harcourt

[@deeno4919]

No gloves ?

[@philemonbaah-nuamah134]

What quantity can I order from you. How do I order it?

[@selimahmed9325]

VERY NICE BACK GROUND MUSIC AND A LEARNABLE VIDEO, THANKS TO PEACE CROPS GHANA // TERRY SCHWEITZER MATHEW SAH KUADOW

[@umarumarah4125]

Great

[@dawnfkahamilton-doerfler6982]

There has to be a machine that can save those women so much labor And danger to their skin and fingers.

[@derrickselorm9948]

Can get some to buy?

[@NijamUddin-tu5qp]

What is the price if I want to import bulk quantity?

[@lukmansalifu4612]

where are you located?

[@TerrieSchweitzer]

2:07 - he's saying "shade" - dry them in the shade.

[@goodnessezeugah9661]

Please how much is the steamer

[@loveskinas3352]

If these were produced in my country Nz the cashews would be 10 times more expensive. Now I will never complain about the price of cashew nuts ever again.

[@stephensharma4994]

what happens to the rest of the fruit when the nut is removed, is there any use for it,,,

[@AyanaSioux]

Yep, It's completely edible and can be eating raw.

[@mjade1673]

I thought you not sposed to swallow it. only suck the juice out 👍

[@oumardjiba6950]

Great work of showing them how to do it! But once they master the technique you need to get out of the way of African entrepreneurs

[@srinivasbramam9237]

i am so happy

[@philemonbaah-nuamah134]

How can I get some to buy

[@the_nomadic_ajith]

Can anybody please tell me how much does these nuts cost out of the factory for a Kilogram there in Ghana ?

[@exploretheunexplored9908]

mail me at [e-mail] with your requirment

[@Magarthryx]

Does the chicken work there as well?

[@000064442]

Hhhhhhhhhhh you funny

[@melmnor]

Why all women don't use gloves for working

[@veereshamg.veeresham3198]

Wow enta hard aa. Anduke enta. Rete

[@lhw6965024]

no one saw the chicken go inside at 0:38 i guess he was one of the food inspectors !

[@jacobeksor6088]

I am Montagnard degar live in USA my sister in central highland have cashew farm

[@padmananthanm8465]

How much they are paid by you ...... White volunteer.......???

[@robtrobinsonrobinson3383]

Who's chicken At 1:22

[@Aquacentric]

How much does the chicken make?😁

[@demtonedraft8015]

This is not the only way to do it, but there is no simple way to do it lol. I just did it today, i showed it to someone on snapchat, she told me 2€ (like a bunch of peanuts in where we are from), i said 6 lol ...

[@ambrishpatil2872]

Sir, please give me some seeds of Khaju for growing plants in my house. Pleaseeeeee Sir.....

[@Thailadyandforeigner]

good video

[@rajakandiyar6036]

Go nut

[@Thailadyandforeigner]

Happy new year.

[@nguyenthanh-ws5bp]

the salary is too cheap, the posion and dust cashew are too serious, i saw many people died by lung and blood cancer. too expensive payments for these works. in VN now 2014 7000 dong to peel soft husk of 1kg cashew. it take about over 1 hour, but they still need to separate kinds and check tiny husks. lets think out what we have done

[@sirfinthetube]

If I remember correctly, I just paid $14 U.S. (294,000 Dong) for 1 kg of deluxe whole cashews at the grocery store. The peeling cost the producer $0.33 U.S. (7000 Dong) in wages. This amounts to just over 2% of the price I paid. Regarding working conditions, I suggest all of the workers should join together and petition management for better conditions. As long as no one can use force against someone else the petition method may work. All people benefit from totally free markets. If you are selling or buying labor, raw materials or finished products a free market is as fair as it gets. No tariffs, no sales taxes, no subsidies, no wage controls, no price controls, no fiat money. Free markets free people.

[@ronaldmusokekyazze1378]

Iremeber we herd ithink only two trees in the country that time now idont know but the fluits was testing very nice Ithink should get expoted oll over the wo... or every were

[@mjade1673]

nguyen thanh lung and blood cancer 😯

[@logs]

Fuck the process. How much do they get paid?

[@arun3202]

very long process to make edible cashew nuts. I will prefer almond over casew.

[@vikasgirigoswami6479]

Hello