top of page
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_f887eb211df74037ba8a23c861533cc1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_198,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/7c0471_f887eb211df74037ba8a23c861533cc1~mv2.jpg)
![NLF-Symbol-White.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1e614b_11cba6f1e24d46f69e31f05938f92298~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_133,h_120,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/NLF-Symbol-White.png)
Our News
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_226e2e577e6049288fc39a340d6bd39b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/7c0471_226e2e577e6049288fc39a340d6bd39b~mv2.webp)
![Why is copra a problem?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_226e2e577e6049288fc39a340d6bd39b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_456,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7c0471_226e2e577e6049288fc39a340d6bd39b~mv2.webp)
Dec 10, 20203 min read
Why is copra a problem?
It is time-consuming, dirty, lonely, arduous, male-dominated, fuel-intensive and low-paying work. Over a period of 5-8 days, the white...
![Establishing the Virgin Coconut Oil industry in Liberia, West Africa.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_7eb72eff857c4562be3c5e58441e7975~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_940,h_358,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7c0471_7eb72eff857c4562be3c5e58441e7975~mv2.webp)
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Establishing the Virgin Coconut Oil industry in Liberia, West Africa.
After five years in LIberia Kent & Landis decided to address what people were asking of them...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_0e28f30199644d36afcb2ee70e85c06c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/7c0471_0e28f30199644d36afcb2ee70e85c06c~mv2.webp)
![A near-smokeless evening brings a new beginning.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_0e28f30199644d36afcb2ee70e85c06c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_498,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7c0471_0e28f30199644d36afcb2ee70e85c06c~mv2.webp)
Sep 30, 20204 min read
A near-smokeless evening brings a new beginning.
Within a few days a whole village turned from burning wood to charcoal. A story by Anthony Matelaomao. Evenings in the coastal village of...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_aa5b8410179744e59e84497001585c99f000.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/7c0471_aa5b8410179744e59e84497001585c99f000.webp)
![How it all started...](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_aa5b8410179744e59e84497001585c99f000.jpg/v1/fill/w_640,h_480,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7c0471_aa5b8410179744e59e84497001585c99f000.webp)
Sep 15, 20201 min read
How it all started...
A 60 second animation describing why we do what we do.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_653b2529995e4e8da88d76b5be349bce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/7c0471_653b2529995e4e8da88d76b5be349bce~mv2.webp)
![How one woman is changing Marovo Lagoon.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_653b2529995e4e8da88d76b5be349bce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_938,h_411,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7c0471_653b2529995e4e8da88d76b5be349bce~mv2.webp)
Aug 4, 20206 min read
How one woman is changing Marovo Lagoon.
Hellen’s father earned 8 shillings a quarter as a Pastor working extra hours on plantations so he could send Hellen to a ‘white-man school’.
![Locals turn to healthier mode of cooking during CoVID-19 lock-down.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_c51abeaa5db540eabab897990b605cb9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_940,h_529,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/7c0471_c51abeaa5db540eabab897990b605cb9~mv2.webp)
Jul 22, 20203 min read
Locals turn to healthier mode of cooking during CoVID-19 lock-down.
Smoky firewood is a major cause of respiratory illness in the Solomons.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_fdb1a91e329349b2bae4f075b291ed39~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/7c0471_fdb1a91e329349b2bae4f075b291ed39~mv2.webp)
![Welcome Sir Francis Billy Hilly](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_fdb1a91e329349b2bae4f075b291ed39~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_816,h_529,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7c0471_fdb1a91e329349b2bae4f075b291ed39~mv2.webp)
Mar 19, 20202 min read
Welcome Sir Francis Billy Hilly
Sir Francis was the fourth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (18 June 1993 to 7 November 1994).
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_aa7edfbc594c41ed86fc067e01c10d0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/7c0471_aa7edfbc594c41ed86fc067e01c10d0a~mv2.webp)
![A picture is worth 1000 words.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_aa7edfbc594c41ed86fc067e01c10d0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_529,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7c0471_aa7edfbc594c41ed86fc067e01c10d0a~mv2.webp)
Mar 17, 20202 min read
A picture is worth 1000 words.
Or is it? There is a real sense in which these two images tell a sad story of profound change over just a few years. The aerial ‘drone’...
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_504709d041df4ea0a40cc94698cacb6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/7c0471_504709d041df4ea0a40cc94698cacb6e~mv2.webp)
![Fair Dinkum Fair Trade](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7c0471_504709d041df4ea0a40cc94698cacb6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_529,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7c0471_504709d041df4ea0a40cc94698cacb6e~mv2.webp)
Mar 10, 20205 min read
Fair Dinkum Fair Trade
According to the Cambridge dictionary, fair trade is a way of buying and selling products that makes certain that the people who produce...
bottom of page