, a single-origin, direct-to-consumer spice company. "There are people who benefit from a consumer's lack of understanding. Likewise, [there are people] who benefit from the farmers' lack of understanding about where the spices are going."
By the time you buy supermarket spices, Frisch explains, they've likely changed hands 15 to 20 times. The spices you're buying aren't from one farm or even one region, either; they're likely the work of hundreds or even thousands of farmers around the world. The way it all comes together is enough to make your head spin. "A small farmer will grow a small quantity of a spice, which they will sell to a guy with a truck who then sells it to somebody in a local town who's collecting from ten guys with trucks," says Frisch. "Then that guy sells it down the mountain to a guy with a bigger warehouse who is consolidating from ten or fifteen other consolidators.
Fair-trade, direct-to-consumer spices aren't just the ethical choice: They taste better and are delivered right to your door.Within the past few years, however, a crop of new businesses selling fair-trade, single-source spices direct to consumers, like Burlap & Barrel, have appeared. And, just as the market for fair trade coffee and chocolate opened up, spices seem to be next on the horizon., source a single spice.
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I LOVE this! It is sad that ee have to search for companies that pay fair trade and fair market. We all want and deserve to be treated and paid fairly. ❤️
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