The essence of Agadir CHorgaoils
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Agadir's liquid gold
Back to the source
Whenever an order is placed, it is designated to one of the village groups which produce it in full. This ensures that each delivery batch can be traced back to the workers who prepared it, and makes it easier to maintain high standards of freshness. As well as certifying that the oil produced is high quality, traceable and fresh, the union arranges ongoing training and assessments for each co-operative to help them all reach CHORGAOILS organic and fair trade status. This will secure their rank as artisan producers, ensuring they receive a fair price for their oil from all buyers.
Turning fruit into oil
After collecting the precious argan fruits before grazing goats reach them, co-operative members bring the kernels to a cool community building and begin to process the fruits into an oil, the women work together to prepare an average 1kg of shelled argan kernels each per day, removing the outer flesh and cracking the inner shell.
The kernels are then transported to the city of Agadir, where they’re squeezed together to extract the rich, amber liquid. It takes an estimated 2.3kg of argan kernel to produce a litre of the oil. To ensure that none of the fruit is wasted, argan cake (a byproduct of the process) is sold locally for cosmetic purposes, while the nutritious pulp is fed to village animals and the shells are burned for firewood.
The numerous village co-operatives send their processed kernels to Agadir. The argan oil operation is directed from here, with an elected president and union which arranges quality checks and exports, whilst managing demand.
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