Pe urmele uleiului esențial de Cuișoare (Clove) doTERRA

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<<22>> so

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<<45>> there are 18 tribes scattered across our

<<47>> island

<<48>> we all call ourselves malagasy but our

<<51>> customs and way of life vary from place

<<53>> to place

<<54>> here in mananzari we are members of the

<<56>> atamba orca tribe the smallest drive in

<<59>> madagascar

<<68>> the ocean is our lifeblood here in

<<70>> mananzari

<<71>> we rely on the water for everything

<<74>> from fishing and hunting to plant

<<76>> cultivation

<<78>> we are surrounded on one side by salt

<<80>> water and fresh water on the other

<<86>> some of our largest exports are coffee

<<88>> vanilla and a variety of essential oil

<<91>> crops like vetiver cinnamon and gloves

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<<104>> there are two large exporters here and

<<107>> countless farmers running there on small

<<109>> distilleries

<<111>> in this area alone there are more than

<<114>> 80 small scale distillers

<<154>> my name

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<<161>> i've been a farmer here in mananzari for

<<163>> seven years now my wife rosine and i

<<166>> moved here after getting married and we

<<168>> began farming coffee and rice

<<183>> we have a simple life here on the

<<185>> outskirts of manazar

<<186>> each morning claudius feeds the chickens

<<189>> and prepares our tools we'll light fetch

<<191>> water and cook breakfast

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<<199>> we live in a small community of close

<<201>> family

<<202>> where we all take care of each other

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<<219>> we have a young son named claudio he's 7

<<222>> years old

<<224>> he always says that he wants to be a

<<226>> doctor when he grows up

<<230>> claudio's education is very important to

<<232>> us up until a few years ago we were

<<235>> still only planting coffee and rice but

<<237>> that wasn't enough

<<239>> we started planting clove trees which

<<241>> provided an additional income we could

<<243>> use to send claudio to school

<<250>> there are no doctors this far away from

<<252>> the city if someone needs to visit the

<<255>> doctor it can be difficult to find

<<257>> transportation we hope that by sending

<<259>> claudio to school he will someday have

<<261>> the opportunity to open a clinic in our

<<264>> area

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<<280>> what

<<291>> planting clove isn't enough to make us

<<293>> rich

<<294>> but he does get closer his education and

<<297>> also allows us to save for the future

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<<304>> many farmers live far outside of the

<<306>> city and it's hard for them to transport

<<308>> their product to the market where they

<<309>> can be sold because of this we've seen

<<312>> traders begin to appear in mananzad men

<<315>> who travel from farmer to farmer buying

<<317>> out their stock and taking it to the

<<318>> market

<<320>> middle men are at the biggest challenge

<<322>> a trader might go to a farmer and buy

<<325>> out his stock of glove then sell it in

<<327>> the city market for double the buying

<<329>> price

<<330>> if the farmer doesn't sell

<<332>> he risks his supplies polling so he is

<<335>> forced to make a deal

<<337>> using some basic chemistry a trader can

<<340>> pat their profits even further

<<345>> for a trader it can be immensely

<<347>> profitable to adulterate an essential

<<349>> oil

<<350>> when it comes to clove for example

<<352>> there are three parts of the plant from

<<354>> which oil is acquired

<<356>> the stem

<<357>> the leaf and the bud

<<359>> all three oils contain the same chemical

<<362>> compounds but the amounts of each

<<364>> compound vary from one oil to another

<<370>> eugenol acetate is a distinguishing

<<372>> compound in clove bud

<<375>> essential oil derived from the bud is

<<377>> naturally the most valuable

<<379>> being worth double the closed stem and

<<381>> quadruple the clothed leaf

<<386>> to some buyers high quality oil isn't a

<<389>> priority

<<390>> in that kind of scenario they may seek

<<392>> out a cheaper clove oil

<<395>> the real problem comes when a customer

<<397>> asks for one thing and is given another

<<402>> there's little access to chemical

<<404>> testing equipment madagascar so

<<406>> international buyers often don't know if

<<408>> their essential oils are pure until

<<410>> they're personally tested

<<413>> there are many ways to mix oils to

<<415>> increase profits

<<417>> one method commonly used is adding

<<420>> synthetic eugenol acetate directly to

<<422>> clove leaf and clove stem in an attempt

<<425>> to mirror the composition of clove bud

<<428>> to even a sophisticated lab it will look

<<430>> like clove part oil

<<432>> the difference between pure and

<<434>> synthetic is almost undetectable

<<445>> naturally most sellers claim their oils

<<447>> are pure and it would be difficult to

<<449>> prove them wrong

<<451>> to give our buyers confidence in the oil

<<453>> we produce we ship our essential oils to

<<455>> one of the only labs on the island in

<<457>> antananarivo our nation's capital

<<465>> the tests we run in this lab are not

<<467>> comprehensive but it gives our buyers

<<469>> some base levels to go off of

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<<480>> when essentials arrive here at doterra

<<483>> we do a series of tests to confirm the

<<485>> purity of the earth at the quality

<<487>> control lab we use an extensive protocol

<<489>> to ensure the purity one of the most

<<492>> common tools in the industry is the gcms

<<494>> which is used to identify each

<<496>> individual chemical compound present in

<<499>> the oils it shows the natural

<<501>> composition of the ore and we also use

<<503>> it to check for adulteration and

<<505>> contamination with chemicals that are

<<507>> not naturally present in the oils gcms

<<510>> by itself is not enough to ensure purity

<<513>> this is where adotera we have additional

<<515>> testing that looks at organoleptic and

<<517>> physical properties of the oils the last

<<519>> thing we do is to make sure the oils are

<<521>> free of contaminants such as heavy

<<523>> metals pesticides and microorganisms

<<525>> because our sourcing team works closely

<<528>> with our suppliers and quality is

<<530>> ensured at the source we rarely see

<<533>> adulteration

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<<552>> these farmers are the heart of the

<<554>> essential oil industry

<<559>> and when oil adulteration happens it not

<<562>> only cheats consumers from receiving the

<<564>> pure oil they expect

<<566>> but also these farmers that work so hard

<<569>> to produce it

<<582>> you