Sourcing; What We Know

This week we're introducing the new topic for the month: Sourcing. What we know is that small, sustainable businesses have to navigate through a sourcing nightmare in order to find products and ingredients that are suitable for their own standards and the standards of their customers. Quality is hard to come by. It's more expensive for the business owner and that cost has to be passed along to their customers. While the sustainable brand audience will pay more for the quality, regulations from country to country are different, and from some places, they're easy to fudge. This month, we're going to talk about what questions to ask as a business owner, and what to ask as a consumer. We're going to learn about global certifications to trust around the world. Right now we know about Demeter and the FSC, but there HAS to be more, right?