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The goal has always been to select plants, if possible from the wild, that are healthy and at the peak of their cycle. Because the properties of an herb will vary depending on time of harvest, where the plant is grown or found growing, and ultimately how the plant is dried and or processed a satisfactory discussion of the methods used is not possible within the scope of this website. These methods include optimal harvesting, processing and working with the plants natural cycles while adhering to ethical wild-crafting methods, which involve not over harvesting in an area and scouting out areas that are free of chemical sprays from road management, agricultural use and development. Overall, the product line was developed using herbs that thrive in abundance, noxious weeds to many, such as dandelion, burdock and comfrey. Machinery has never been used for harvesting, processing or cultivation. If an herb can be collected in the wild, in its native habitat without impacting that habitat, those are selected first as time has proven that these are the strongest. It was Culpepper who said "If any herbe infest the earth, let man heed its virtues for his ills." This wisdom inspired the formulation of this product line over 40 years ago. As a child one of my chores was to weed the gardens. My parents avid gardeners, committed to chemical free growing practices, so there were always weeds. My earliest memory was questioning why we were weeding out the plantain. The answer came from the Italian lady on our block. One day, in passing I noticed her complaining about the plantain in her lawn, in the same breath she lamented that it was considered a traditional food in her native Italy "Italian Lettuce."
Chemical free agricultural farming methods had been well developed long before chemical pesticides and herbicides came into fashion during the Industrial Revolution.
The Importance of Olive Oil
and Why We Use It
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