Why We Source Raw Sea Moss From Caribbean Waters: Our Sourcing Journey
At Sea Moss Collective, New Zealand, we take pride in the journey our Raw Sea Moss makes from the pristine Caribbean waters around St. Lucia to your hands. Sourcing sea moss involves careful collection, working with nature, and supporting local communities. Let us share what makes this sourcing location work for us and our customers.
1. Caribbean Waters and Growing Conditions:
The pristine waters around St Lucia offer warm temperatures and consistent sunshine throughout the year. These tropical conditions allow sea moss to grow naturally in its native environment. he seaweed grows naturally in these waters, and we collect it using traditional methods. The Caribbean Sea offers a unique setting where sea moss can thrive naturally.
2. Water Quality Around St Lucia:
St Lucia is positioned away from major shipping routes and heavy industrial activity. The waters around the island tend to remain clearer due to this geographical advantage. We source our Sea Moss from specific locations within these pristine Caribbean waters that we can identify and track. This traceability is important because we want to know exactly where each batch originates and ensure it meets our sourcing standards.
3. Working With Experienced Harvesters:
In St. Lucia, we collaborate with local divers who have years of experience in sea moss collection. They follow traditional techniques, carefully hand-collecting sea moss from the ocean floor. This approach supports the ongoing growth of sea moss beds. The harvesters know the local waters and carry out their work carefully and responsibly.
4. Community Partnerships:
Our relationships with St Lucian harvesters support local livelihoods. These families depend on the ocean remaining healthy and productive. When you purchase our Caribbean sea moss, you're connecting with a supply chain that includes these island communities and their time-honored traditions.
5. Consistent Climate for Harvesting:
The Caribbean's stable tropical climate allows sea moss to grow year-round, unlike regions with cold winters, where growth typically stops seasonally. This consistency enables us to source regularly from different areas within the pristine waters, allowing previously harvested spots time to recover. It's a natural rotation that works with the environment rather than against it.
6. Our Processing Approach:
After sourcing from the pristine Caribbean waters, the Raw Sea Moss goes through a simple cleaning process. The harvesters rinse it with seawater and dry it using the sun—traditional methods that have been used for generations. We don't add chemicals or use complex processing. Once dried, we inspect and pack it carefully before shipping. Our goal is to provide sea moss that has been cleaned and dried using traditional methods.
7. What You Receive:
Our sea moss typically shows natural golden or purple colors, has an ocean scent, and maintains the texture you'd expect from wildcrafted sea moss. These characteristics come from its growing environment in the Caribbean waters and how it's handled after harvest.
8. Sustainable Sourcing Practices:
The harvesters we work with follow practices designed to protect the sea moss populations in these pristine Caribbean waters. They collect mature sea moss, leaving enough behind to allow for regrowth. This approach considers the long-term availability of sea moss rather than just immediate harvest volumes. The ocean ecosystems around St Lucia need this kind of careful management, and we support suppliers who work this way.
Closing Words
We chose to source from the pristine Caribbean waters around St Lucia because the location offers the growing conditions, experienced harvesters, and supply reliability we were looking for. These Caribbean waters are where sea moss grows naturally, and the local harvesters follow traditional collection methods. When you choose Sea Moss Collective's Caribbean-sourced Sea Moss, you're getting a product that we've carefully sourced, with attention to its origin and collection method. That's the transparency and quality we aim to provide with every order. Visit our website for more details.