 | Social Impact & Special Achievements | | | Discovery Organics is an organic and Fair Trade importer and distributor for fresh produce. They have several product lines that are FLO certified and now several that are Fair for Life Fair Trade certified to origin. The core principals of the company are in ethical sourcing and ‘grower development’, as they go far beyond the role of a regular distributor/importer in being transparent to farmers, and in helping farmers understand the market and better their own conditions. In their ethnical sourcing policy they buy local and direct, first and foremost, and they also work primarily with grower cooperatives for the majority of their product sourcing. They help to educate their growers on fair trade, and have helped to implement fair trade certified systems with their growers, and agreed to pay fair prices, and social premiums that are usually well above the base level for fair trade. They are also active with their domestic growers, and are interested in promoting domestic fair trade production among their growers, especially in the Northwest and BC region, and are active in educating the retailers on the importance of supporting ethically grown and sourced produce, abroad and internationally.
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