Heray Spice is a local business based in Chicago Illinois with a social mission to help farmers with better wages while helping chefs with freshest saffron and spices from Afghanistan. We contribute 10% of our net-income on educational charities for girls inside Afghanistan. Heray Spice owners are a group of Afghan immigrants and farmers from Afghanistan. All of the founders worked with US Army and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) inside Afghanistan from 2008 to 2014. And they have been traveling back and fourth between US and Afghanistan to source the best saffron and other spices directly from local farmers. We are also a farmers co-operative based in Herat Afghanistan where we bring farmers together to train them on food safety, standard packing, and safe processing of saffron. To import the highest quality saffron and pay our farmers better wages, Heray farms are owned by local farmers and has partnership to supply saffron for Heray Spice. Our farmers are being paid based on fair-trade principles. We are also proud to help farmers cultivate saffron instead of poppy, and make a better living for themselves. Every year, we partner with more farmers and make sure they get better wage while making the world a safe and better place for everyone. Learn more on www.herayspice.com