Direct sourcing from NC farms.
Pre-planting prices. Audit-ready lots.
BAU aggregates a curated cohort of North Carolina specialty-crop growers into one supply program — pre-planting prices on 3–5 SKUs, FSMA 204 traceability per lot, and one consolidated invoice for your AP team.
Why category buyers work with BAU
Six things your CFO, QA lead, and merchandiser can each defend.
Pre-planting prices
Lock 2027 pricing on 3–5 SKUs before seed goes in the ground. Insulate your category margin from spot-market swings.
FSMA 204 traceability
Lot-level KDE/CTE data on every delivery — audit-ready exports your QA team can hand a regulator without reformatting.
One PO, one invoice
Aggregated volume from a curated NC grower cohort, consolidated onto a single purchase order and monthly invoice.
Regen-verified supply
Cover crop, IPM, and soil-health practices logged per lot — a real story for your merchandising and ESG teams.
Curated grower cohort
8 farms · 184 acres · vetted for scale, packing, and cold-chain readiness. No random Craigslist growers.
Weekly shrink report
Fill-rate, reject rate, and shrink tracked per SKU per week — so you can defend the program to your CFO in numbers.
2027 committed programs
Five programs. Nine SKUs. Signed grower commitments.
The full 2027 cohort is already contracted with growers. Pull the one-page supply sheet for the program you source — or grab the master and share it with your QA and CFO.
Tomatoes
Slicing + cherry · 5 farms · ~5,300 lb peak/wk
Pre-plant pricing locked; lot-level traceability per delivery.
Peppers
Shishito + bell · 6 farms · ~2,450 lb peak/wk
Consistent color + size grade; weekly POs, one invoice.
Cucurbits
Cucumbers + squash · 4 farms · ~4,000 lb peak/wk
Staggered plantings smooth peak-week volatility.
Sweet potatoes
Cured #1 · 4 farms · ~5,500 lb peak/wk
Cured, sized, and palletized to your receiving spec.
Greens & roots
Leafy mix + Hakurei · 3 farms
Shoulder-season coverage when peers go short.
How it works
From intro call to first delivery in about two weeks.
Sourcing intro call
20 minutes to walk your category needs, volumes, and receiving spec. We share what's committed and where the gaps are.
SKU + volume match
We map your target SKUs to the grower cohort and send a preliminary program sheet with prices and windows.
1-page LOI
Sign a non-binding LOI to lock pre-planting prices. No payment today. Capped at $3k for the 90-day pilot.
Deliver + measure
Weekly POs, one consolidated invoice, lot-level traceability per delivery, and a live shrink dashboard.
Request a sourcing / supply intro
A real person replies within one business day with what's committed for your window.