But why are macadamia nuts so expensive? The main reason is the slow harvesting process. While there are ten species of macadamia trees, only 2 produce the pricey nuts and it takes seven to 10 ...

Packed with essential vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants, macadamia nuts offer numerous health benefits, including ...

Macadamia nut trees are native to the tropical and sub-tropical parts of Australia, but they can be grown further south. They will even fruit in Melbourne; usually from when the tree is about 4 or 5 ...

Macadamia trees were extensively planted as a commercial crop in Hawaii from the 1920s. For more than a century, Hawaii was ...

[who are] familiar with many nuts," Ms Hamilton-Bate said. There are 44,000ha of macadamia trees in Australia and plantings have more than doubled in eight years. Seventy per cent of the national ...