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What Does "Natural" Mean?

"Natural" means, literally, from or according to nature. In the context of the NC Natural Products Association's mission and operations, a "natural" product has its natural chemistry and properties fully intact and directly traceable to raw natural sources.
 
A natural product may be cleaned, filtered, blended, extracted, distilled, colored, refined, flavored, sweetened, preserved, and even sterilized naturally. But in no part of the process should the product or process be exposed to toxins, radiation, chemical synthesis, or genetic engineering.

Upcoming Event!

Ginseng Expo
Asheville, NC
December 7 and 8, 2012
more information forthcoming

Article on Non-timber Forest Products

Many of the natural products that our industry deals with are non-timber forest products. Here is a link to a recent article in the Washington Post about the non-timber forest products industry:
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Board of Directors

  • Robert Eidus, President, Eagle Feather Farm\
  • Annice Brown, Vice-President, Small Business Technology & Development Center
  • Paul Knott, Treasurer, Lenoir-Rhyne Center for Graduate Studies-Asheville
  • Jennifer Flynn, Secretary, Town of Marshall
  • Ed Fletcher, Strategic Sourcing
  • Nancy Mikula, Bionetwork
  • Chuck Blethen, Sustainable Appalachian Viticulture Institute
  • Ceil Salvadori, New Sun
  • Caroline Edwards, NC State University
  • Jean Harrison, Red Root Natives
  • Amy Hamilton, Appalachian Seeds

Advisor, Jeanine Davis, NC State University

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