Argan oils

Argan oils

Company

Argan Oils is an American, international company. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Argan Oils manufactures botanical organic products based on Argan Oil. Argan Oil also known, as "Liquid Gold" is an organic cold pressed oil extracted from the Argania Spinosa, a tree indigenous to Morocco.

Philosophy

Argan Oils adopts a philosophy. Empowering women cooperatives who produce Argan oil which is fairly traded, protecting the endangered Argan forest, declared in 1999 as a World biosphere reserve by the UNESCO, Through a grass-roots approach, Argan Oils promotes cultural preservation and economic integrity in the communities where it operates.
References

* T.J. Lybbert (2007). Patent Disclosure Requirements and Benefit Sharing: A counterfactual case of Morocco’s argan oil. Ecological Economics 64: 12-18.





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