Living soils, thriving farms, honest products
What we do
We work with farmers to enable them to produce regenerative agricultural products. We build companies to process these products, and bring high-quality regenerative ingredients to markets. We make sure everyone along the value chain — not only farmers — works together to fairly distribute the burden of risk. We supply customers with a selection of regeneratively produced tea, herbs, spices and oils.
Products
Landscapes
Rural economies depend on their natural resources. The farmers we work with operate in ecosystems that are degraded — not only does their own soil need to be restored, but so do the natural areas surrounding them.
Baviaanskloof
The Baviaanskloof is a remote and breathtaking landscape. A drive into the area is an immersion into wide and wild nature; many of the plants here occur nowhere else on the planet. It is also home to a very special community of people.
Langkloof
The Langkloof is situated along the R62, a scenic route in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. This is a geographically varied region, inhabited by diverse communities who either live in small towns, or tucked away along winding dirt roads.
Simalaha
The Simalaha is a wildlife corridor connecting the Chobe and Kafue protected areas between Botswana and southern Zambia. Elephants once roamed freely in this area, but wildlife has now largely disappeared. Efforts to restore a corridor for animals to migrate across borders again are underway.
Welcome to our blog
The Grounded guide to sourcing goodness
Grounded's origin story, partnerships and philosophy The Grounded guide to sourcing goodness As we attempt to repair the broken connections in our food systems and prove that fair [...]
Farming forward: pathways and promise for smallholders
Farmers and people Farming forward: pathways and promise for smallholders On the surface, Grounded’s projects vary hugely, landscape to landscape – from cultivating regenerative spices in the rainforests [...]
In conversation with a master: honeybush tea and the alchemy of excellence
Farmers and people In conversation with a master: honeybush tea and the alchemy of excellence This week we chat with Mingwei Tsai, Cape Town tea merchant, hospitality industry [...]