Provisional data by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) show that cashew nut is currently the second top traditional earning crop ...

And in the US, retail prices for whole cashews can reach $15 per pound. But without intensive, precise processing, these nuts wouldn't be edible at all. So how exactly are cashews processed?

What gives? Raw cashews are indeed poisonous to humans, but the word "raw" on cashew packaging for nuts that you buy from the store refers more to the fact that they don't have anything added to ...