Fostering a regenerative future
Travel with us around the world to meet our dedicated farmers, women’s cooperatives & tribal villages. Learn how their work embodies the spirit of reciprocity, fosters healthy soil, biodiversity & economically vibrant communities.
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Fatima & Stefan
Tiznit, Morocco
ARGAN OIL
In 2009, we stumbled upon World Artisan Guild led by a single entrepreneur named Stefan. He was working with a collective of twenty-two argan-producing women’s co-operatives. One stood out as superior. That was Al Amal – a self-governing, democratic co-op. The sole producer of our hand-pressed, certified organic, single-origin argan...
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Jud & Anne
Washington, USA | Morning Myst Botanics
HYDROSOL
This is a story of serendipity of how one family’s passion for the land and plants met our pursuit for the 4,000 year old tradition of hydrosol distillation. And how we partnered to revive the family farm tradition along the Columbia River Valley in Northeastern Washington...
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Raul, Pablo, Soledad & Mauricio
Biobío, Chile
ROSEHIP SEED OIL
As a proud Chilean, Raul has long invested in championing Chile’s precious wild rosehip to the world. His team, led by Pablo, Soledad and Mauricio along with seasonal collecting crews, steward the hundreds of thousands of acres of farms and ranches in Patagonia...
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Gifty & Wayne
Northwestern Ghana
SHEA BUTTER
Gifty, the daughter of a tribal elder in northwestern Ghana, set out to study abroad. She moved to Canada in the 1980s but always felt a strong connection to her home community in Wa. When visiting, she brought care packages to the women. While appreciative of the gesture, what they really wanted was work. Gifty was inspired to sell shea butter in Canada which had been handcrafted by the women in her home community for generations. Partnering with Wayne...
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Madhi & Jamie
Somaliland | Böswellness
FRANKINCENSE
Madhi Ibrahim and Jamie Garvey started Böswellness in 2004. Mahdi, a native Somalilander, wanted to start a business that kept him connected to his homeland. Visiting with the elders and community leaders, he heard the challenges they faced — endangered forests, drought and exploitation. By directly sourcing the resins from harvesters...
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Patrick & Claire
San Martin, California
OLIVE OIL
Sixth generation farmers, Patrick & Claire believe the foundation of fertile soil is a result of restoring organic matter, sequestering carbon & retaining nutrients. As regenerative olive oil pioneers, they practice on-farm composting, diverse cover cropping & integrating animals to stimulate soil biology & plant growth.
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OUR ORIGIN STORY | EST. 1999
Hydrosols from family farms along the Columbia River Valley in Washington State. Argan from the Al Amal Cooperative in Morocco. Rosehip wild harvested from 25 farms and ranches in the Bio Bio of Chile. Shea butter from the villages of Kperisi and Konjeihi in northwestern Ghana.
Let’s explore how this all came about through serendipity and happenstance.