Oh dear! I was totally unaware about all this. Thank you, Tobi, for the links to the videos. It certainly opened my eyes, and made me feel very uncomfortable indeed, as we use coconut cream and milk quite a lot.
After reading up on the topic, it is clear that the use of monkeys is very widespread. Their treatment is indeed akin to slavery, as Catherine has rightly pointed out.
I found this excellent article. It explains things very clearly:
http://allamericanvegan.com/2015/02/19/d...ur-coconut
At the end of that article there are two companies mentioned, which use Mexican sources, where monkeys do not live and are not used for harvesting. Here are details:
https://thepureway.com
leading to:
https://thepureway.com/products/coconut-...ed-organic
and there is also
https://www.adecoco.com/collections/listadeproductos (but it is in Spanish!)
After reading up on the topic, it is clear that the use of monkeys is very widespread. Their treatment is indeed akin to slavery, as Catherine has rightly pointed out.
I found this excellent article. It explains things very clearly:
http://allamericanvegan.com/2015/02/19/d...ur-coconut
At the end of that article there are two companies mentioned, which use Mexican sources, where monkeys do not live and are not used for harvesting. Here are details:
https://thepureway.com
leading to:
https://thepureway.com/products/coconut-...ed-organic
and there is also
https://www.adecoco.com/collections/listadeproductos (but it is in Spanish!)
