In this section, you can find out more about how Jungle Berry products are made. We currently source fair trade products from the Brazilian Amazon and Mexico, two contrasting areas with different craft traditions. But when it comes to sourcing producers and selecting materials to create Jungle Berry's fair trade products, the same values underpin our approach no matter where we are.

Sustainable production methods are at the heart of what we're about. We use naturally occurring materials wherever we can, like the berries, seeds, woods and natural fibres in our fair trade jewellery. But they've got to be sustainably harvested - that's a non-negotiable for us. We also promote the use of natural dyes in our fair trade rugs, bucking the trend to use synthetic dyes.

And we won't stand still on our environmental commitment; we're already actively pushing for greater use of organic cotton in Mexico, where the organic cotton industry is practically non-existent. We also believe maintaining complete transparency about how Jungle Berry products are made is really important, as well as interesting for you, our customers. So if you have any questions about how your fair trade jewellery, or any other Jungle Berry product, is made, feel free to contact us.

The acai berry seed is the material you're most likely to find in our fair trade jewellery range, including in our necklaces, bracelets and belts. Typically, the berry's juice is extracted to make a delicious non-alcoholic refreshment with the texture of yoghurt. The hard berry husk or seed that remains is then usually discarded. And normally, that would be that. However, our artisans retrieve these seeds to re-use in Jungle Berry's range of fair trade necklaces, bracelets and belts.

You can start shopping for fair trade jewellery made with acai berry seeds by clicking on our secure shop.

Our Rainforest Rings provide another example of our sustainable approach to fair trade jewellery-making. Although they may look like wood, these rings are actually made from a cross-section of the Tucuma fruit seed, once again sustainably harvested in the rainforest. The Tucuma fruit is yellow, and just like a mango, the seed lies in the middle of its orangey flesh. The dried seed cross-section (as seen on the right) is then polished down and inserted and inlaid with silver to create these elegant, natural and highly original rings.

Our new range of fair trade rugs are handwoven using naturally dyed wool. The dyes we use are sourced from assorted local plants, flowers and other natural elements following traditions that have been around for hundreds of years. And as these dyes naturally fix extremely well to wool, we don't need to use a chemical mordant, or fixer, to hold in the colour.

You'll find the Jarina seed used across our fair trade jewellery range. This incredibly lightweight seed bears a striking resemblance to elephant ivory; when polished, it becomes a beautiful hard white. In fact, the proper name for the ivory-nut palm from which the seed comes is Phytelephas aequatorialis - the Phytelephas bit literally means 'elephant plant'. But unlike elephant ivory, sustainable harvesting of Jarina, or Tagua as its known in Spanish-speaking parts of the rainforest, is completely environmentally friendly.

To see products made using Jarina, just click on the Shop tab above. There you'll be able to see Jarina in its different forms, from necklaces with a beautiful marbled effect (as seen here), to delicate droplets of creamy white Jarina used in our bracelets.