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Some herb crops on our certified organic farm – "The Pharm Farm"
Our farm is certified organic by Oregon Tilth
All of our St. John's Wort is Custom Wildcrafted™ in our local Siskiyou Mountains
A Healthy Farm Yields Healthy Herbs
At Herb Pharm we grow most of our herbs on the “Pharm Farm” – our certified
organic farm located in a rural valley of the Siskiyou Mountains in southern
Oregon. As organic farmers, we never use synthetic fertilizers, herbicides
and pesticides, nor do we use genetically modified seeds. Instead, we employ
fundamental, time-honored sustainable agriculture techniques including crop
rotation, cover cropping, natural weed control such as hand weeding and
flame weeding, and composting to condition our soil.
Each year, our farm is inspected and certified as organic by Oregon Tilth.
Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit organization supporting and promoting
biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture through education,
research, advocacy, and certification.
Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (OTCO) is an internationally recognized
symbol of organic integrity. The purpose of organic certification is to
ensure that the agreed upon conventions of organic agricultural systems are
being practiced not only by growers, but also by all the people who handle
and process organic food, feed and fiber on its journey to the consumer. In
order to accomplish this, OTCO provides a system that combines strict
production standards, on-site inspections, and legally binding contracts to
protect the producers and buyers of organic products.
Custom Wildcrafted™ Herbs
Our environmental commitments also include harvesting wild herbs in a responsible
and sustainable manner – what we’ve termed “Custom Wildcrafted™”. Our strict protocols
assure proper identification of plant species and optimal time of harvest, and
insure conservative harvest yields and habitat protection in order to facilitate
conservation of these valuable plants for future generations.