FAIRWILD® Certified Black Elderberry
Because our Regenerative Organic Certified® farm is based in southern Oregon, you might be surprised
to learn we get our Certified Organic Black Elderberry from Eastern Europe. There are many different species of
the genus Sambucus that grow across the Northern Hemisphere, including Red Elderberry, Blue Elderberry,
and ornamental Black Lace Elderberry. The variety we use in our products (and the one that’s most commonly used
for immune support in herbalism) comes from Eastern Europe, where it natively thrives. The fully ripe berries
are harvested from Sambucus nigra trees and then dried before processing. Harvesting at that perfectly
ripe stage assures the optimal extraction of the herb’s bioactive compounds.*
We apply that same careful attention to detail not just to our herbs and extracts, but to the wider ecosystem
they’re part of. And that’s where FairWild comes in.