Expo pays tribute to the humble coconut

Vendors showcased a spin on the traditional uses for coconut, such as coconut flakes, which can be used as topping on desserts or in baking and cooking. (Photo by Arian Browne)

The New Guyana Marketing Corporation successfully hosted its first Coconut Exposition yesterday, dedicated to Guyana’s third largest agricultural product after rice and sugar.

Exhibitors ranged from grassroots to corporate vendors, with products from traditional to innovative. Bernice Trotz showcased coconut wine, which is a blend of fermented fruits with coconut water as the base. The Phoenix Enterprise product was introduced recently after “seeing the need for diversification,” Trotz stated. She said, “We’ve been producing