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Chapter two

The farm

Get to know the landscape of southern Palawan and the care that goes into collecting nectar from the coconut flower.

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A Lionheart Farms harvester on a ladder beside a coconut palm and collection container.
A harvester at work among the coconut palms. Photograph from Lionheart Farms.

Where it all begins

Beneath the coconut palm leaves, an unopened flower holds the beginning of our story. Here in southern Palawan, the farm is part of a wider landscape of mountains, fields and coast. Explore the 3D Palawan map to get to know the place, then come closer to discover the flower.

An unopened flower, a new beginning

  • Start with the flower: Coconut flower nectar begins as nectar collected from an unopened flowering stalk—not from the coconut water or flesh inside the fruit.

  • Collect with care: Tapping allows the nectar to flow from the flower. It is skilled, hands-on work, repeated with each collection.

  • Take the next step: Once collected, the nectar moves on to processing. It can become different pantry products. Continue to the nectar to see how the paths differ.

A drop of coconut flower nectar forming at the cut end of a flower bud.
Coconut flower nectar at the tapped flower bud. Photograph from Lionheart Farms.

A daily craft

Behind every collection are people returning to the palms, tending to the work and bringing the nectar in for processing. From there, the journey takes different paths: syrup, aminos seasoning and vinegar each involve their own process, even though they begin with the same flower.

Continue to “The nectar” to follow the journey from flower to pantry.

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