Farmer to Farmer with Chris Blanchard

055: Jane Hawley Stevens on Scaling Up with Value Added Medicinal Herbs

25 Feb 2016

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Jane Hawley Stevens raises certified organic medicinal herbs on her farm in North Freedom, Wisconsin, and turns them into creams, lip balms, and salves that are sold nationwide. With about five acres in production, Four Elements Herbals produces a wide variety of annual and perennial medicinals in the Baraboo Bluffs of Wisconsin. We dig into medicinal herb production and post-harvest handling, meeting FDA regulations for processing and for selling herbal products, and how Jane has grown the Four Elements Herbal brand in the market place. Four Elements Herbals recently used a Value-Added Producer Grant to support the expansion of their product line, which in turn drove significant growth in the business overall. Jane shares her experiences managing growth and moving into a national market, as well as how she has passed the field production torch to a new generation and the ways that her job has changed as her business has grown. We also learn the meaning of the word, “garble.” The Farmer to Farmer Podcast is generously supported by Vermont Compost Company.

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Farmer to Farmer with Chris Blanchard

055: Jane Hawley Stevens on Scaling Up with Value Added Medicinal Herbs

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