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CERTIFICATION
Being straight about this is more useful to a buyer than a page of logos would be.
We do not currently hold organic or fair trade certification. We could imply otherwise with careful wording, and a good deal of the trade does, but a buyer who discovers the gap during an audit will not care how the sentence was phrased.
What we do have is the substance those schemes are designed to verify: per-lot records tying a batch to the group that supplied it, prices agreed before the season, and payment made in cash at the collection point. What we can trace and how pricing works.
Certification is on the plan rather than in the past. It costs money, takes at least a season of documented practice, and only means anything if the underlying arrangement already holds. We would rather build the arrangement first and certify what is real than certify early and work backwards.
Issued per consignment, showing where the goods were produced. Standard on every export shipment we send.
Laboratory results for the specific lot, matching the specification agreed before production rather than a generic sheet.
Arranged where the destination requires one, which is most agricultural goods entering the EU and many other markets.
Not held today. If your buyer requires either, tell us early and we will say plainly whether we can get there for your timeline.
Arranged on request. Ask at the specification stage rather than after booking, because it takes time to put in place.
We complete customer questionnaires on sourcing and labour practices, and we answer them from records rather than from memory.
If you are buying from us and need detail on how a lot was sourced, ask. We would rather answer than be taken on trust.