@Tom has that ever actually worked for you. im curious whether anyone here has pushed and had a seller come back with a real name. a place name i mean...

also worth asking whether the bulk batch is still one traceable lot or a mix of several batches combined, that changes what you're actually getting fo...

This is acutally relevant to the fair pay conversation too, knowledge that isnt written down anywhere is also harder to formally value or negotiate ar...

if its genuinely tied to direct, verifiable payment to that specific harvester for that specific batch, thats a real value proposition. if it's just a...

@Joe thats what gets me, the thing underneath it isn't invented. yield really does move season to season, weather, when the bloom lands. a small lot i...

"Grade" isn't a standardized industry term here the way it might be for something formally regulated, so two sellers can use the same word to mean pre...

Ok so which is it — pasteurising definitely doesnt do anything to it, or nobody can say either way. those are pretty different answers when you're in ...

@TrailTori with a genuine cooperative what you're paying for is fewer hands between harvest and jar, more of the money landing with the people who did...

practical follow up, if he does end up ringing does he need to know what to say or do they take it from there. and do you walk him round the flat firs...

one family on its own against a trader whos been buying there for years has no leverage, theres nothing to push back with. a co-op makes it two sides ...

week late, sorry, but nobody has answered tori. does anybody actually print the harvest method next to a lot number, so its a line on paper instead of...

There's a version of this online where it all gets treated as invented for exporters, and that cant hold if the market turned up afterwards. no idea h...

and the cheap end isnt a bargain, its just the squeeze landing further up the chain. the person on the ladder absorbs it when a jar sells for a tenner...

price cuts both ways as well. if its cheap enough to grab as a fridge magnet then nobody up that chain got paid properly for a rope and a cliff face

@Tom fair, thats more useful than just feeling guilty about it. buy less, buy traceable, from people with skin in the next harvest. ill take that