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Coconut Latte in Warsaw, Back Pain in Colombo. the "Superfood" Boom Has Two Faces.

The global craze for coconut products is driving millions in profits and the expansion of factories in Sri Lanka, but for thousands of farmers and workers, it's a daily reality fraught with risk, low wages, and hard physical labor. Climbing 24-meter palm trees without safety nets, working with circular saws, and peeling thousands of coconuts a day for less than $10—this is the flip side of the coconut business, which the West has come to love as…
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The global craze for coconut products is driving millions in profits and the expansion of factories in Sri Lanka, but for thousands of farmers and workers, it's a daily reality fraught with risk, low wages, and hard physical labor. Climbing 24-meter palm trees without safety nets, working with circular saws, and peeling thousands of coconuts a day for less than $10—this is the flip side of the coconut business, which the West has come to love as…

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Business Insider (Poland) broke the news in on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
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