Eco-Palm Sunday

A new type of palm that is harvested in environmentally friendly conditions is gaining popularity at the start of this Holy Week.  The niche market frond preserves more species, which in turn protects birds and wildlife that flourish in shaded forests. Proponents of the Eco-Palm say this will do for the palm business what fair trade coffee and chocolate did for that business.  Churches in 49 states,
Washington, D.C., Canada and a U.S. Air Force base in Japan will buy a
combined 360,000 Eco-Palm fronds.