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EcoProducts, the first and only South African\u00a0Baobab manufacturing company is based in the heartland of Baobab country in the Limpopo. They only harvest\u00a0the fruit once it\u2019s fallen to the ground ensuring the trees are not damaged in any way during the harvesting\u00a0process.<\/p>\n<p>The fruit pods are broken open to reveal small hard dark seeds embedded in clumps of a creamy coloured dry\u00a0fibrous powder. The powder is separated from the seeds (which are cold-pressed into baobab oil) and the\u00a0powder ends up on retail shelves as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/Eco-Products-Baobab-Powder-p-3996.html\">Baobab Superfruit Powder.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr Sarah Venter, the owner of EcoProducts, believes in\u00a0making a positive impact on society and our\u00a0environment.\u00a0 Thus EcoProducts\u00a0\u00a0sources its fruit ethically and fairly ensuring that harvesting is sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Baobab fruit is sourced directly\u00a0from local communities bringing about much needed economic benefits and all\u00a0processing, extraction and packaging takes place at EcoProducts\u2019 premises.<\/p>\n<p>EcoProducts has invested in stringent food quality controls by getting HACCP certified as well as organic\u00a0certification.\u00a0But EcoProducts is more than just about producing local indigenous products. The company has launched a\u00a0non-profit organisation called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoproducts.co.za\/ecoproducts-foundation\">EcoProducts Foundation<\/a>. Its sole purpose is to create a culture of caring, serving\u00a0the community and environment in which EcoProducts operates.<\/p>\n<p>EcoProducts Foundations has created two programmes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoproducts.co.za\/ecoproducts-foundation\/baobab-guardians\">Baobab Guardians<\/a>, a project involving Venda\u00a0community members who nurture and care for baobab seedlings until they are strong enough to survive in the\u00a0wild. The second programme is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoproducts.co.za\/ecoproducts-foundation\/baobab-pre-school-programme\">Boabab Pre-school<\/a> which supports early childhood development in village pre-schools thus working to break the poverty cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecoproducts.co.za\/ecoproducts-foundation\/baobab-pre-school-programme\">learn more about EcoProducts and all things baobab<\/a>\u00a0and head this way to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/Eco-Products-Baobab-Powder-p-3996.html\">enjoy the wonderful health properties of the baobab fruit<\/a> in your own home and be sure to give the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/natural-organic-blog\/2017\/02\/faithful-to-nature\/berry-bao-mango-smoothie-bowl\">delicious berry bao smoothie bowl<\/a> a whirl.<\/p>\n<p><em>With thanks to the EcoProducts team for sharing their amazing contribution<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0beautiful extravagant flowers blossom dramatically for just 24 hours and then wilt and fall to the ground, yet\u00a0the Baobab tree can thrive in harsh desert-like conditions for well over a thousand years. 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