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DIASPORA - FORGING A NEW AND BETTER SPICE TRADE

04·10·24

1 min read

Growers

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For the first time, Diaspora’s spices are hitting the UK, available to buy for both chefs and home cooks. These spices are single-origin, sourced for flavour, and founded to build a resilient food system.

Available online, on the Home Delivery app, or in our stores. Buy them individually, or as part of one of our curated spice trios. Each spice is fresh and vibrant, with harvests packed at their peak, locking in unbeatable flavour.

We look for farm partners who are value aligned: they genuinely believe in taking care of the soil in a very deep way. They all find seed varieties that are either from their ancestors, or they go and hunt down seed varieties that are full of flavour and aroma. Then they develop them for us.

Sana Javeri Kadri

Diaspora Co. work tirelessly to source high quality, single-origin spices that don’t compromise on fairness or flavour.

Across India and Sri Lanka, they work with growers committed to regenerative farming methods and preserving heirloom varieties – all of which has a huge impact on taste.

Since 2017, they have built a cult following based around truly exceptional, genuinely equitable spices – and home cooks and chefs alike can now buy their products in the UK, exclusively via Natoora.

Diaspora strive to ensure that all of their producers are paid a living wage, and led by Sana Javeri Kadri, they are on the ground sourcing spices from dedicated independent growers. These include the Chacko family – who have domesticated a variety of wild Cardamom that thrives without pesticides on their “wild food estate” in Kerala – and Parameswaran, whose Aranya Black Pepper is the product of 35 years of work.

We exist to fix the food system.

People are more cut off from the origins of their food than ever. This makes flavour, nutrition and farming practices that protect the planet, almost impossible to find.

By working directly with growers, we create a more sustainable way forward for farming. By giving everyone the tools to understand the power of our food choices, we empower everybody to become drivers of change.

Now is the time for action. Join the food system revolution.

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