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Argan oil is an oil produced from the kernels of the argan tree, endemic to [[Morocco]], that is valued for its nutritive, cosmetic and numerous medicinal properties. The tree, a relict species from the Tertiary age, is extremely well adapted to drought and other environmentally difficult conditions of southwestern Morocco. The species Argania once covered [[North Africa]] and is now endangered. | Argan oil is an oil produced from the kernels of the argan tree, endemic to [[Morocco]], that is valued for its nutritive, cosmetic and numerous medicinal properties. The tree, a relict species from the Tertiary age, is extremely well adapted to drought and other environmentally difficult conditions of southwestern Morocco. The species Argania once covered [[North Africa]] and is now endangered. | ||
Argan oil remains one of the rarest oils in the world due the small and very specific growing areas. | Argan oil remains one of the rarest oils in the world due the small and very specific growing areas. | ||
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Image:Argania spinosa.jpg|Argan tree; Foliage and immature fruit | |||
Image:Argan oil production line.jpg|Argan oil production line | |||
Image:Goats in a argan tree.jpg|Goats in an argan tree - still tethered! | |||
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===Women's cooperative=== | ===Women's cooperative=== | ||
All argan sold today is produced by a women's cooperative that shares the profits among the local women of the Berber tribe. The cooperative has established an ecosystem reforestation project so that the supply of argan oil will not run out and the income that is currently supporting the women will not disappear. The money is providing healthcare and education to the local women, and supporting the entire community as a whole. | All argan sold today is produced by a women's cooperative that shares the profits among the local women of the Berber tribe. The cooperative has established an ecosystem reforestation project so that the supply of argan oil will not run out and the income that is currently supporting the women will not disappear. The money is providing healthcare and education to the local women, and supporting the entire community as a whole. | ||
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