Producer

We steward 40 acres of rolling land just north of Mount Vernon, Iowa. We grow over 150 varieties medicinal and culinary herbs, flowers, and perennial shrubs on our Certified Naturally Grown herb farm. Unfortunately, the botanical industry at large relies mostly on bulk dried herbs that have been grown in countries where the farming practices, post-harvest handling, and labor wages are questionable at best and downright harmful at worst. We are intimately involved in the entire life cycle of the plants we cultivate - we start the seeds, nurture the soil, tend the plants throughout the season, and harvest by hand at each herbs peak medicinal potency. Our herbs are processed immediately after harvest or are brought to our drying facility just 200 feet from our fields to be shade-dried at low temperatures. We think that dried herbs should look and smell as vibrant as they did fresh! We then garble and process the dried herbs by hand, allowing us close inspection of our herbs before packaging.

Our farm is registered as Certified Naturally Grown, and we are in the transitional years to become Certified Organic. We utilize organic practices and low-till systems that encourage robust soil biology, sequester carbon, and protect our soils from erosion all while producing beautiful and resilient crops.