brazil nuts are uniques , they grow exclusively along the amazon river , a distance covering some 2400 miles from the atlantic ocean to peru . the brazil tree [ bertholeftia ] ia the mightlest of nut trees growing higher than 150 feet , grown strictly in the wild , there is no commercial brazil nut crop , havesting can be quite hazardous with native workers having to contend with wild animals , the tropical environment and the pods , of brazil nuts falling from great heights . once the pods have fallen from the trees , they are gathered by hand and carried by canoe to the processing areas , quite a contrast to the scientifically mechanized production of their sister crops in their country . the tropical rain forest of the amazon is one of the last frontiers on the planet . we are pleased to encourage the natural harvesting and development of indigenous crops grown in the rain forest by promotingthis product . torn and glasser hopes your enjoyment of the delicate meaty flavor of these nuts with in some small way help the endangeredecosystems associated with one of the world ' s great treasures , the rain farest .