In the days that everyone is obsessed about AI and shortcuts to critical thinking, this and other of your articles are always a delight to read. Particularly enjoy you sharing your intimates stories with winemakers. Keep it up!
I love this vision. I do wonder how this certification overlaps or might dilute focus from other social impact schemes such as FairTrade. The relationship with organic cert seems natural with no obvious crossovers or dilution. Thanks for the informative article!!
It's designed to deliberately overlap, and as Alwin Jurtschitsch puts it, to effectively join up all the disparate pieces of organic, biodynamic, fair trade etc.
When I interviewed Daniel Arauojo, he acknowledged that ROA's auditors take note if a producer already holds fair trade certification. They also react differently depending on the part of the world and the likligood of the workforce being abused (much higher in the US and South American than in Europe, to put it simply).
In the days that everyone is obsessed about AI and shortcuts to critical thinking, this and other of your articles are always a delight to read. Particularly enjoy you sharing your intimates stories with winemakers. Keep it up!
Thank you Tiago, I appreciate your support!
I love this vision. I do wonder how this certification overlaps or might dilute focus from other social impact schemes such as FairTrade. The relationship with organic cert seems natural with no obvious crossovers or dilution. Thanks for the informative article!!
It's designed to deliberately overlap, and as Alwin Jurtschitsch puts it, to effectively join up all the disparate pieces of organic, biodynamic, fair trade etc.
When I interviewed Daniel Arauojo, he acknowledged that ROA's auditors take note if a producer already holds fair trade certification. They also react differently depending on the part of the world and the likligood of the workforce being abused (much higher in the US and South American than in Europe, to put it simply).
Great topic, thanks for this! We will head in this direction for sure :)
Good to hear!