“Coconut has been incredibly embedded in the Milne Bay tradition – from the food consumption through to the traditional dancing.”
– Rhona Conn, Milne Bay Organics
Last year, the YuMi pilot program took us to Alotau in Papua New Guinea, where we worked with difference maker, Rhona. Rhona’s primary business is in the extraction and sale of Coconut Oil and the roasting and selling of Coffee Beans. We love that Rhona’s passion for her business turned into an opportunity to share the Indigenous knowledge, love for and uses of the coconut, coffee and other plants with others. We continue to be inspired by the difference makers we work with and their more inclusive and considered business models.