Working with living matter means relying on nature and depending on the seasons. Whereas, professionals of the industry need botanical ingredients all year round. It is thus necessary to anticipate in order to adapt to the cycles of nature.

Based on its expertise, Natural Origins accompanies you to respond to consumer expectations throughout the seasons: our expertise and anticipation are solutions to avoid constraints related to the seasonal nature of plant raw materials in order to offer botanical ingredients all year long.

The following are responses given by Natural Origins…

Increase the number of partners and supply origins of plant raw materials

One of the first solutions to counteract constraints linked to the seasons is to increase the number of supply origins.

In fact, plants adapt to environments in which they grow and develop differently depending on the region.

Based on the plant terroir and climate the seasons vary which enables spreading out the harvest times.

Set up contracts and trusting relationships

We are convinced of the importance of having good communication up and down the different steps to avoid any unexpected season-related events.

This is why we have set up contracts with our supply chains which commit us to guaranteeing quantities and which allow us to anticipate growing wild raw material or by using new land plots for growing a plant.

This trust-based relationship with our producers enables us also to guarantee sharing information with our farmers on site in order to be warned of crop progress (weather events, yields, etc.).

At the same time, we set up contracts with our clients in order to know their yearly needs for a specific plant. These contracts indicate the necessary quantities in order to fulfill the yearly stock supplies.

Take into account the different steps of production for botanical ingredients

Working with plant raw materials implies having to follow the season cycles to determine what period to harvest each plant.

Learn more about the seasonal nature of plant raw materials.

To this constraint must be added the time needed to process and analyse the plant in order to make available a raw material offering all its intrinsic qualities.

Backed by our experience, we know how to plan and manage the different steps of production and their time delays.

Guarantee stock availability up to the next harvest period

In order to ensure our clients visibility throughout the year, we have substantial stock (2 warehouses of 3 000 m², a refrigerator and a 180m³ cold chamber). We are committed to ensuring storage conditions and guaranteeing the freshness of the plants).

Just like an orchestra conductor, Natural Origins coordinates the different steps from the seed to the processed ingredient.

With respect by listening, anticipating and rigour, we take care of managing risk, stocks, the production and financial assets in order to offer the botanical ingredient you need just at the right moment.

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