We bought a copy of the Daily Mail today and couldn’t believe our eyes – there was a photo of nine goats sitting in an Argan tree, and a full page article explaining just why the goats climb the trees [see our blog “Goats in the Argan Trees”]. The photo looks so much like the tree we saw with goats in it that we are wondering if someone in our group who has already returned to Britain has sold their photo to the Daily Mail.
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| Scanned in from the Daily Mail photo [courtesy of Will] but just as we saw it as we drove past in the van |
For those not in the know, the shepherds encourage the goats into the trees to eat the berries[apparently, goats find them irresistible]. Once they have digested the bitter peel and sweet pulp, they leave behind the hard nuts in their droppings. Berber women collect these, remove the kernels and grind them up to produce valuable argan oil. Some of this is used in highly-prized cosmetic cream – but just think where it has come from? [and check your Christmas stocking!]
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