Mountain Hazelnuts Group

Mountain Hazelnut Venture Limited

Trading name	Mountain Hazelnuts Group
Headquarters	Bhutan
Key people	Daniel Spitzer
Products	Hazelnuts
Website	www.mountainhazelnuts.com

Hazelnut Nursery in Lingmethang, Bhutan

The Mountain Hazelnuts Group (also Mountain Hazelnut Venture Limited or MHV) is social venture in Bhutan that grows and sells hazelnuts.

According to a May 2010 article in Forbes Magazine, the company "represents the first major foreign direct investment in Bhutan’s history."^[1]

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References

1. Andelman, David A. (May 2, 2010). "Happiness and Hazelnuts". Forbes. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
2. Dorji, Kunga T (January 30, 2009). "Bhutan growing nuts or going nuts?". Bhutan Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
3. Rizal, Govinda (February 8, 2009). "Hazel Nuts to Alleviate Poverty in Bhutan". News Blaze. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
4. Gurung, Eshori (July 3, 2009). "Agriculture moved on". Bhutan Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
5. Namgyal, Gyembo (February 7, 2010). "Hazelnut promise excites farmers". Bhutan Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
6. Namgyal, Gyembo (September 27, 2011). "Hazelnut plantation in full swing". Bhutan Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
7. Wangdi, Tempa (November 7, 2011). "Hazelnut plantation for economic gains". Bhutan Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
8. Oliver, Stephen (February 28, 2012). "From hazelnut trees to Foxconn and iPhones, corporate responsibility is growing". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
9. "One million Hazelnut saplings to be distributed this year". Bhutan Broadcasting Service. April 27, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
10. Lee, Louise (June 6, 2012). "Big Business in Bhutan: How the Humble Hazelnut Could Help Bhutan". Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
11. Manson, Skye (February 27, 2013). "Hazelnuts headed for the Himalayas". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
12. "First batch of hazelnuts from Bhutan". Bhutan Broadcasting Service. May 13, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
13. Wangdi, Tempa (May 17, 2014). "Hazelnut plantations razed by forest fire". Kuensel Online. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
14. Rai, Rajesh (June 7, 2014). "Hazelnut plantation falls well short of target so far". Kuensel Online. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
15. Wadhwa, Vivek (January 2, 2015). "7 admirable start-ups that are driving social change". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
16. Wangdi, Tempa (January 31, 2015). "Bumthang goes for hazel in a big way". Kuensel Online. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

• http://www.thebhutanese.bt/mountain-hazelnut-to-the-rescue/
• http://web.archive.org/web/20150624105314/http://edition.cnn.com/BUSINESS/2012/01/05/bhutan-hopes-hazelnuts-equal-happiness/
• http://www.mountainhazelnuts.com/content/cnn-international-bhutan-hopes-hazelnuts-equal-happiness
• http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/transforming-bhutan%E2%80%99s-economy-hazelnuts