Who gets paid, and how much
Most honey brands describe their sourcing in one vague sentence. Here is ours in detail, including the parts we cannot yet prove to you.
The sourcing model
We buy from tribal and forest-dependent collector families on the Sundarbans islands of South 24 Parganas. Purchase happens at the village, in person, at a rate fixed before the season begins — so a poor harvest does not become a bargaining lever against the collector.
There are no aggregators between us and them. That is the entire point of the business: the margin that usually disappears into three layers of trading is what we hand back.
What "a share" means
A meaningful portion of every purchase — currently in the range of 40–50% of proceeds on our forest honey — goes to the collector families. We publish the range rather than a single number because it moves with harvest volume, transport costs and testing.
We would rather under-claim than have you take our word for something we cannot yet show you. We are working towards publishing batch-level payment summaries; until then, ask us on WhatsApp for the details of your batch and we will answer plainly.
Keeping the forest able to give
Harvest happens only in permitted seasons, only from a portion of each colony, and never with smoke-out methods that destroy the nest. The mangroves are the asset here — for the bees, for the collectors, and for the coast itself.
40–50%
of proceeds to collectors
0
middlemen in the chain
Pre-season
price agreed before harvest
Batch-level
lab testing for purity
From mangrove to your shelf
Harvest season
Permitted collector teams enter the mangrove creeks by boat and cut wild comb by hand, leaving part of each colony to rebuild.
Same day
Comb is strained cold at the village. Moisture and clarity are checked on the spot; the lot is weighed in front of the collector.
Payment
Paid at a rate agreed before the season, directly to the collector family. No commission agents, no deductions after the fact.
Testing
Batch samples go for lab testing — sugar profile, moisture, added-syrup markers. A failed lot is not sold, and the collector is still paid.
Packing
Filled into glass unheated, labelled with forest and season, and stored away from light and warmth.
Your jar
Dispatched from Kolkata. A portion of what you paid travels back to the same family whose name is on our batch sheet.
Buying a jar is the whole mechanism
There is no separate donation, no round-up at checkout. The purchase itself is what pays the collectors.
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