W
e live in a day
when international
discovery is more
available and valuable for our
well-being than ever before;
specifically, finding ideal
sources for different types of oils.
do-TERRA has an established
sourcing standard that positively
impacts the entire oil industry,
health-wise and economically.
No longer are farmers being
underpaid. Farmers have the
assurance of reliable payment, as
well as a premium for the oil that
is sourced. do-TERRA's Co-Impact
Sourcing ® initiative has not only
changed the oil industry, but also
individual's’ lives in communities.
dōTERRA recently teamed up with several
Petitgrain farmers in Paraguay to ensure we
receive the highest quality, purest oil sourced
from the bitter orange tree. Petitgrain belongs to
the Rutaceae family and is believed to have
originated in Southeast Asia. During the
establishment of the New World in the 18th and
19th centuries, the Spanish Jesuits brought the
bitter orange plant with them. Orange trees
quickly spread throughout the forests and jungles
of Paraguay. Various hybrids were cultivated.
Finding farmers that grew healthy crops of the
bitter orange tree proved difficult at first. Once
dōTERRA secured enough farmers for the
needed amount, we began educating. At
dōTERRA, we are uncompromising when it
comes to purity and potency. Due to this strict
standard, we have ongoing trainings for these
farmers to ensure purity and potency for
generations to come.
When dōTERRA went to Paraguay to identify
farmers with whom we wanted to partner and
source Petitgrain oil, run-down distillation
facilities and collapsed wells were found. Since
dōTERRA has started working in Paraguay with
these farming families, new interest has sparked
in Petitgrain production and dōTERRA has been
able to be the catalyst for revitalizing several
Petitgrain production areas that are particularly
in need of economic opportunity. “Through
supplying technical assistance and training on
methods for improving distillation practices and
oil quality, as well as providing guaranteed
long-term contracts to these partner farming
families, dōTERRA Co-Impact Sourcing is truly
able to provide sustainable opportunities in
these impoverished areas,” stated Tim Valentiner,
dōTERRA Director of Strategic Sourcing.
“This is always at the core of what we hope to
accomplish through Co-Impact Sourcing.”
Jared Moon, dōTERRA Strategic Sourcing
Manager, has been managing sourcing efforts in
Paraguay since 2016. “Having lived in Paraguay,
it has been amazing to go back and work with
rural farmers. This project has been near and
dear to my heart because of the love
I share with the people of Paraguay. I know a
farmer with three kids in college. This farmer has
a tiny house out in a rural area of Paraguay, but
he is able to send his three kids to college due
to the premium that we pay. By working with
rural farmers and rural areas that are very
impoverished, we’ll be able to provide jobs for
the famers themselves as well as an incentive for
their children to stay there and work the land
these families have harvested for decades.”
doterra.com / 7