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Diaspora Co. Surya Salt

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Disapora Co. is so proud to be partnering with the Agariya community, a tribe that has been working in the salt district of Gujarat, India for generations, to bring you this solar-powered, earth-filtered, and hand-pounded salt.

 

Surya Salt comes from the Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, a low-lying strip of land that touches both ocean and desert. It is produced by the Agariyas, an indigenous community who have been harvesting salt for generations, and have a keen understanding of this unusual ecosystem.

 

Using solar pumps provided by Diaspora Co.'s local NGO partners, the Agariyas harvest this bright, inland salt from the desert’s underground water table. The salt’s high-mineral content is preserved through a slow-filtration process through the desert soil.

 

In partnership with a local women's self-help group, whose members then hand-pound the salt to the perfect texture for everyday use, Diaspora Co. is able to ensure that the salt retains as much flavour as possible.

 

This salt comes from the famous desert salt pans in the Wild Ass Sanctuary and Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. After Gandhi's Dandi Salt March in 1930, Gujarati salt became a symbol of freedom and an act of nonviolent civil disobedience against the British Empire. Diaspora Co. likes to think of as emblematic of sunshine and freedom.

 

90 g Tin

 

Packaged in reusable tin

 

Pesticide Free

 

More About the Maker: Diaspora Co. is growing a better spice trade equitably and deliciously! The team at Diaspora Co. travels throughout India and Ski Lanka finding the freshest single origin spices from small family-owned farms using regenerative farming practices. 

 

Sourcing for flavor first, over larger yield, size and color as the market does; encouraging fair wages and working conditions in the farming trade, valuing seed sovereignty, sustainability, long term soil health and climate resilience through the sourcing supply chain all set Disapora Co. as the new high standard for taste and responsibility in the spice world. 

 

✦ Certifications and Details: Single Origin Spices, Regenerative Farming Practices, Organic Farming Practices, Pesticide-free, No irradiation, Ethically Sourced- paying farm partners an average of 6x above the commodity price, which is better than Fair Trade, Eco-Friendly, AAPI Owned, Queer Owned, Woman Owned