Helichrysum Sourcing: Building a Community Up (Translated Subtitles)

<<5>> I was recently promoted to a quality control manager.

<<9>> That's my official title.

<<11>> We ourselves are in the dirt like digging.

<<13>> We're doing the work and we're trying to think

<<17>> of more than just the impact we have

<<18>> on having farmers that have our contracts.

<<20>> We're also trying to expand to think

<<23>> how can we help their community?

<<24>> What about the schools?

<<25>> What about these other things?

<<26>> So the impact that this oil has

<<29>> is obviously physical in many ways.

<<31>> (gentle music continues)

<<35>> Helichrysum alone is potentially

<<37>> their only source of income for the year

<<39>> for some small farmers.

<<40>> And we've literally had people coming in

<<42>> in a horse-drawn carriage bringing their load

<<44>> to the distillery.

<<47>> And I mean, it kind of gets you a little bit emotional.

<<50>> Because you see these people

<<51>> that literally were like bent over,

<<53>> like breaking their backs

<<55>> to get this in the middle of the heat in the summer

<<57>> to bring their bags and to, you know, get it weighed.

<<60>> And in a nutshell, we want to have more of an impact

<<63>> of not just paying the farmers

<<66>> and helping them in that way for their revenue generation.

<<68>> We want to help them with, hopefully the community,

<<72>> in helping to build it.