Le Société Bourdic, producer of Le Paludier salt brand, has fewer than a dozen employees. Its packaging facility is situated in the picturesque village of Batz-sur-Mer, in the Guérande peninsula, France. The Bourdic Company operates somewhat like a cooperative: it distributes Grey Sea Salt and Fleur de Sel produced by 60 harvesters. Products of The Bourdic Society are made by people who know, understand and adhere to local traditions.Workers who produce salt in the coastal lowlands of the Guérande Peninsula are called Paludier, literally a person who works in the salt marshes of the Guérande Peninsula. Le Paludier brand grey sea salt is all natural
From June to September, the paludier harvest two kinds of sea salt: Grey Sea Salt which forms on the bottom of the grey clay salt pan, harvested with a wide wooden rake and stockpiled on a small round staging area and Fleur de Sel which consists of small white crystals that form on the surface of the water, also harvested with a wooden tool.