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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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Our Friends and Sponsors

We encourage you to support our local economy
by doing business with our friends and sponsors
(the links are not live; please cut and paste the urls into your browser):
 

American Botanicals

http://www.americanbotanicals.com/

 

Bent Creek Institute

http://bentcreek.org

 

BioNetwork BioBusiness Center & Laboratory

http://www1.abtech.edu/content/bionetwork-biobusiness-center-laboratory/home

 

Buchi Kombucha

http://drinkbuchi.com/

 

Eagle Feather Organic Farm
http://www.ncgoldenseal.com/eaglefeather/index.html
 
 

Gaia Herbs

http://www.gaiaherbs.com/

 
Golden Needle Acupuncture Supply
http://www.goldenneedleonline.com/

 

Jewel of the Blue Ridge

http://jeweloftheblueridge.com/

 

McGuire, Bissett, Wood

http://www.mwbavl.com/

 

Native Touch

http://www.nativetouch.us/

 

New Sun

http://www.newsun.net/upgrade/

 

NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program, NCSU

http://ncherb.org

 

Pacific Botanicals

http://www.pacificbotanicals.com/

 

Rgees, LLC

http://www.rgees.com/

 

SBTDC (Small Business Technology and Development Center)

http://www.sbtdc.org/

 

Smokey Mountain Native Plants Association

http://smnpa.org/

 

Starwest Botanicals

http://www.starwest-botanicals.com/

 

Useful Plants Nursery

http://www.usefulplants.org/

 

Western Carolina University

http://www.wcu.edu/