Medicinal herbs often have only one part that contains the beneficial substances – for example the root, the flowers, or the fruits. It is very rare that the flowers, leaves, and fruits all offer beneficial properties. One such example is the small tree called hawthorn, also known as Crataegus, a name derived from the Greek kratos, meaning “strength”.
If you find this interesting, you should know that at the Gaia Herbs farm, each plant has a unique story – whether it is planted on their 350-acre Certified Organic farm located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, or sourced from elsewhere, including Europe. Only the best herbs are selected to concentrate their full array of beneficial compounds into high quality supplements.
Why Gaia Herbs?
When it comes to choosing the best products for your body, trust is crucial. Based on research, science, and verified customer experience, we discovered a brand with more than 16,000 positive reviews from consumers. Furthermore, it conducts DNA testing on every product and offers complete transparency on their quality reports. Their certifications also guarantee that the plants are grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified seeds.
Since 1987, when the company was founded, Gaia Herbs has followed its own guiding principle: “connecting people, plants, and planet to create healing”. This has helped them to improve people’s health and wellness through natural, high quality products created with ingredients from clean sources, while at the same time keeping a close eye on sustainability and ensuring a positive social impact.
This has attracted like-minded collaborators like us, Pura Fons, as well as affiliations and organizations focused on herbal medicine, and even celebrities.
Quality and transparency
Because it is important to be sure that your supplements are pure, clean, and follow all quality standards, Gaia Herbs created a unique herb traceability tool that helps you to check the quality of the product. On the “Meet Your Herbs” platform, you can check your supplement’s lab testing results following strict criteria:
・Purity – In addition to visual and tactile inspection, tests are carried out to ensure that pesticides, heavy metals, and other chemical pollutants are not present.
・Integrity – Each ingredient is verified through the use of appropriate concentration techniques, extraction technologies, and responsible sourcing.
・Potency – Methods and procedures guarantee that every herb’s potency is fully used.
Sustainability
High-quality products should not compromise the environment. This is why Gaia Herbs has always prioritized protecting nature. Their “living laboratory” – as they refer to their 350-acre farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains – grows up to 40 species of herbs, flowers, berries, and trees. Besides this, they also get their herbs and ingredients from global growers and producers that share the same dedication to sustainability and high quality.
Here are some of their most important practices that support sustainability:
・All plants are grown without chemicals, artificial fertilizers, pesticides, or GMO.
・The soil is improved using exclusively biodynamic compost and organic fertilizers. Biodiversity is preserved both above and below the ground thanks to regenerative agriculture. In addition to plants, natural pollinators like bees and butterflies are also protected.
・The product packages are composed entirely of 100% recycled cardboard that comes from FSC-certified forests, preventing deforestation while also conserving water, cutting down on landfill waste, and lowering carbon dioxide emissions.
・All of the tractors on the Gaia Farm run on biodiesel produced from recycled vegetable oil.
・Certified B Corporation since 2022, proof that Gaia Farm meets high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency.
Ethical sourcing
In order to offer a wide variety of supplements, some of the plants come from other parts of the world where they grow naturally. Gaia Herbs is committed to fair treatment of the farmworkers and ethical practices in more than 30 farms around the world. Their certifications guarantee that a fair price is paid for all the ingredients and that the remote ecosystems are protected.
Gisele and Gaia Herbs
We were delighted to hear that our vision is shared by none other than Gisele Bündchen, who also became Gaia Herbs’ first Wellness Ambassador.
Gisele grew up in Southern Brazil, close to nature and the power of herbs. For more than 30 years, she has demonstrated that her influence extends beyond the modeling and Hollywood world, and has contributed to various philanthropic causes.
“The environment has always been my passion. Mother Earth is our fundamental life-support system and by becoming aware and responsible now, we can assist in preserving the planet. The damage we are doing to the environment affects us all. It is a global issue that needs to be met with global action. “ – Gisele Bündchen
She is now focusing on high-quality, organic herbal supplements from Gaia Herbs, which resonate with her beliefs about environmental integrity.
Gisele’s top 7 herbal supplements
Curious which are the go-to herbal supplements of a supermodel? So are we!
Gisele shares her top 7 favorite Gaia Herbs supplements with you:
- 1. Turmeric Supreme
- 2. Ashwagandha
- 3. Adrenal Health Daily
- 4. Lion’s Mane Mushroom Capsules
- 5. Black Elderberry
- 6. Kava
- 7. Holy Basil
And if this is not convincing enough, we found many other consumers from all over the world who have shared their opinions about Gaia Herbs supplements.
Julie H. from the U.S shares her opinion about SleepThru:
“This Herb Relaxes Me Enough
This herb relaxes me enough to get to sleep and stay asleep. Beats everything else on the market!”
And Kelly K., also from the U.S. is impressed with the quality of the Ashwagandha root:
“Extremely Impressed With The Quality.
Extremely impressed with the quality. I have taken other Ashwagandha supplements from various companies and these by far are more fresh.”
You can check out the reviews for all Gaia Herbs products on the Gaia Herbs official site.
A dedicated team
The farmers at Gaia Herbs are dedicated professionals, who show love, respect, and care for nature. Let’s hear from them what it’s like to work on an organic farm that produces over three million individual plants every year.
Jorge Mendez – Farm crew leader
“I love this farm, it’s a big part of my life. You know 21 years… it’s easy to say… it’s part of my life – I love it!”
Katherine Renner – Farm operations assistant manager
“There’s something about this way of farming that feels connected, it feels right, because we’re working with nature, not trying to force it into any kind of box. The sound of the birds in harmony with the bees buzzing everybody’s starting their day just feels a breath of immense energy and potential and it’s that moment in the day listening, observing, breathing in that energy that we try to put back into how we grow the plants and ultimately what goes into every product.
Working with nature – never against it – it’s incredibly challenging but very rewarding when you see what can be produced working in that synergy not trying to over-produce, but finding a balance, listening, observing, giving when needed and only when needed, and taking only what is needed, with the responsibility of always giving back.”
Thomas Leonard – Farm operations manager
“We’ve been certified organic for 20 years. We try to practice regenerative agriculture in everything that we do here. Regenerative agriculture is really all about us taking care of the land, and the land taking care of the plants. We really farm soil here more than we farm plants. Taking care of beneficial bacteria and adding carbon to the soil is really all the work that we have to do to get really beautiful herbs.”
“I’ve been blown away by the dedication, professionalism, and enthusiasm of our farmers at Gaia. A lot of these guys have been coming to the United States from Mexico for 10, 20 years and they’re really experts doing what they do.”
Natural, pure supplements are good for you, but remember, that in order to enjoy their full benefits, it is important to consult a medical expert before starting to consume them.
