AFC is the French Association of professionals wild plants pickers. It was created in 2011 to bring together professionals of wild plants picking and to promote this profession.
It defends sustainable commercial harvesting and a responsible profession.
It wishes to ensure the representativeness of the pickers with other operators in the sectors and the public authorities.
The AFC : Structuring harvesting professionals to promote sustainable and respectful management
- Category: Aromatic & Medicinal Plants
- Themes: Improvement of the working conditions and training
- Position in the value chain: Harvesting
- Type: Practice
- Scale: National
- Country: France
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- Keywords: aromatics and medicinal plants, business status, essential oils, good practices, professional charter, sustainable management, wild harvested plants, Working conditions
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