Our Farms We distill the highest quality hydrosol and essential oil by adopting regenerative farming practices and sustaining conservation efforts. Below is a summary of the conservation stories from each of our sites around the world. Asia Japan This new location is inside one of Okinawa’s national parks. We hope to build a distillery with little impact to support and protect the many endangered species living in the area. We plan to develop research with local authorities to provide education on local botanicals for visitors and residents. Our distillery will also be available to be used as a typhoon shelter for Okinawan residents in case of emergencies. Europe Croatia Since Helichrysum is such a sought-after botanical, our Croatian team built and maintains two greenhouses that house 700 – 1,000 helichrysum seedlings twice a year. These efforts have maintained our supply chain without overharvesting and risking our helichrysum. France Recently, Agroforestry was introduced for sustainable land management to promote soil health and biodiversity. Safe and sustainable beekeeping practices have been implemented and special equipment is used to not harm honeybees during harvest. Sheep are used for weed control instead of traditional pesticides. The farm team also helped open a local museum highlighting regionally grown plants to educate the community and visitors alike on conservation efforts. North America Canada Our Canada location works with local government and landowners to manage nearby forest for health and forest fire safety. Reforestation efforts are ongoing and more than 16,000 black spruce trees, 4,000 lodgepole pines, and 1,000 white spruce trees have been planted since 2019. Central Idaho Central Idaho houses a 1,200 square meter monarch waystation and pollinator garden. This station along with our other stations, supports monarch butterflies as they migrate across North America. Regenerative practices include reusing plant material for fertilizer and floral water for dust control. North Idaho North Idaho is home to a 10,000 square foot monarch waystation pollinator garden as well as 220 acres of a wildlife corridor conservation easement. The easement grants wildlife such as lynx, gray wolf, deer, grizzly bear, and others passage between the mountain range ecosystems in the area. Logging operations reuse byproducts for distillation and fertilizer for regenerative farming. Utah This location is a pioneer in Monarch Butterfly conservation and was named Utah’s first Monarch Farm in the United States. Several conservation corridors and riparian areas are established to maintain wetlands, native plants, and native pollinators. Hundreds of school children and visitors are educated on regenerative farming and other conservation practices through the year. South America Ecuador More than 2,000 Palo Saplings have been planted in 2023 and more saplings are being cultivated for future planting. An Orchidarium is also upkept by our team and houses several endangered orchids that are native to Ecuador. These orchids will be reintroduced to protected forests. We also partner with the local community and educate on regenerative farming practices that have been adopted and used throughout the region.
