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Growers
As the usage of
essential oils
continues to grow,
so does the danger.
Cutting corners to fulfill
demand has become
common in the industry.
The dōTERRA commit-
ment to ensure quality
without compromise is
second to none. The
testing of dōTERRA
essential oils begins
long before the oils are
distilled. Source To You
takes you through the
journey and the process
of the dōTERRA
essential oils from
start to finish.
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Q: What is the benefit of
pre-paying our growers?
Many of our growers live in devel-
oping countries where the majority
of their income is earned during the
harvest season. By the time the
next growing season comes around,
much of that income has been
spent on day-to-day expenses.
Pre-paying growers smooths
income streams over the year and
gives them the ability to wait for
the ideal time to harvest their
plants, rather than harvesting for
cash. This in turn ensures their
plants will produce the quantity
and quality of oil that we demand.
Q: How has our Co-Impact ™
Sourcing initiative helped
growers?
The effects of the dōTERRA Co-
Impact Sourcing initiatives have been
wide and varied. By doing everything
from ensuring the growers and
harvesters have a consistent buyer
paying a fair price to organising
functioning cooperatives and even
helping install necessary production
equipment (dryers, stills, etc.) where
needed has allowed more profits to
remain in those communities. When
combining these initiatives with the
projects supported by the dōTERRA
Healing Hands Foundation ™ , humani-
tarian and environmental needs can
also be addressed sustainably.
Distillers
Q: What is Esseterre?
When we tried to work closely with
suppliers in Bulgaria for various oils,
but most importantly Lavender, none
of the existing suppliers were willing
to work with us under our Co-Impact
Sourcing model, so we established
Esseterre. Esseterre is a dōTERRA
wholly owned distillation facility in
Bulgaria. Our team there works with
contracted farmers to help improve
Lavender, Melissa, and other plant
production, distill those plants with
the most state-of-the-art distillation
equipment available, immediately
analyse the oil upon completion of
the distillation process in our onsite
laboratory, and then pay the farmers
that same day for their harvest—
something no other company in
Bulgaria is able to do. Esseterre has
changed farmers’ expectations of
how they should be treated and has
raised the bar in how business is
done in Bulgaria.