1. Vertically integrated. We grow approximately 80 percent of the herbs that we use in our products. We have control over the quality and purity of our herbs. We grow, process and produce our products on our farm here in the southwest corner of the Rocky Mountains.
2. Family owned and operated farm. All planting, cultivation, harvesting and processing are by hand. We harvest by hand, all stages of the plants life are carefully and thoughtfully nurtured. All harvesting is at peak, immature and spent plant material are not included in our products.
3. We are specialists in high altitude farming techniques and high altitude herbs. Our farm is at 7,000 feet elevation, while our wild cultivation sanctuary is at 8,500 feet. All herbs grown are at altitude, and are grown in a pristine and intense mountain environment, producing highest quality medicinal activity.
4. Our watershed initiates in the Mt. Sneffles Wilderness and National Forest area, with peaks exceeding 14, 000 feet in elevation. Our water source is remote from industrial and urban activity.
5. Many other herb companies buy their dried herbs finely processed for use in product formulation. Exposure of plant material to oxygen results in rapid breakdown of plant chemistry. Because we grow approximately 80 percent of the herbs used in our products, we have control over how the plant material is stored and processed. We process our plant material just before making a product, assuring for the highest-level medicinal activity.
