Coconut

Coconut is an abun­dant and gen­er­al­ly under-uti­lized local resource here in Kauaʻi. The fruit of the coconut can be used in numer­ous ways and has dif­fer­ent prop­er­ties depend­ing on the stage of ripeness. Generally, we would refer to two kinds of coco: young (or green) and mature, but there are sev­er­al sig­nif­i­cant stages with­in these broad descrip­tions. (more…)