What to buy at Better Food: Packaging free loose leaf teas and herbal blends, available to buy by weight in your own container or resealable bags provided.

For 35 years, Organic Herb Trading have been true pioneers, specialising in organic, Fairtrade and sustainably sourced herbs, spices and botanicals. Supplying herbs for use in food, drink, cosmetics and medicine, they grow and source ingredients for top organic brands, including local favourites Pukka Herbs and Yeo Valley. The exceptional quality of their products is only matched by their rigorous, ethical sourcing policy—insisting on the highest levels of organic integrity and seeking to build long term, fair and transparent relationships with their suppliers. Working directly with many of their producers, Organic Herb Trading conduct a regular programme of visits to their suppliers, seeing environmental practices and working conditions first hand.

Mission and values: Sourcing and supplying herbs, spices and botanicals with integrity. Their vision is to become an internationally recognised supplier of authentic herbs, spices and botanicals, sourcing ingredients with integrity and treating their suppliers with respect.

Location: Milverton, Somerset, TA4 (41 miles to Better Food)

Certifications: Soil Association organic; Fair for Life; Fairtrade; Demeter; Fairwild (all our loose leaf teas are organic certified, please ask in store for details of other certifications, which vary for each tea)

We love them because… Working with Organic Herb Trading Co. has allowed us to choose our favourite teas and herbal blends, confident that they’ve been grown and sourced with organic and ethical integrity… and all packaging free!