Organic cultivation, wild picking, deforestation

Organic products are still burdened with enormous administrative red tape. For many farmers in In the tropics, obtaining organic certification is an almost insurmountable obstacle, and moreover, it is costly. Often, a cooperative association is the only solution; farmers understand this like no other. that organic farming can provide them with a higher income. Our organic products therefore come mostly from farmers who process and trade their produce within a cooperative framework.

Because we do the packaging ourselves, we would also need a costly SKAL registration ourselves to be allowed to sell products as 'organic'. We suffice with a reference to the cultivation method.

In addition to organically grown products, we offer products that are not organically grown, but are free from chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The majority. A third category is foraging, called 'organic' by some shops, but which by definition does not fall under that category. This is one of our biggest annoyances; after all, products from the forest, what more could you want?

Unfortunately, regulations focus more on the biological characteristics of a product and less on the impact of cultivation on the biotope; thus, a product collected straightforwardly in the forest may not be organic, while an organically grown product on a plot for which forest was cleared certainly is. In that respect, wild-foraged spices fit perfectly into this strive to combat deforestation, as agreed during the United Nations Biodiversity Summit in Montreal,

Update December 27, 2022