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Deep Sleep®
America's best selling herbal sleep aid 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007*

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Singer's Saving Grace®
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Organizational Affiliations
 
 

HERBS ETC.’S PHILOSOPHY

Listed below are a few of the organizations to which we donate time, energy or financial support. These organizations have similar values in that they are effecting a change in the world so that we can continue to have choices when addressing our health care needs. Belonging to such organizations allows us to educate ourselves so that we are in a better position to help others when it comes to making intelligent choices and decisions about their health, bodies and minds.

American Botanical Council
Established in 1988, the American Botanical Council has become a highly respected and innovative organization for the promotion of responsible use of herbal medicine. It provides education using science-based and traditional information and serves the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry and media. It is a non-profit, international member-based organization; membership and support for individual programs provide the resources to keep serving the needs of an ever-increasing service population. www.herbalgram.org

American Herb Association
The American Herb Association was established in 1981 and serves to promote the understanding and ecological use of medicinal herbs and aromatherapy. Membership is open to anyone interested in herbs and includes a 20-page quarterly newsletter written by well-known professional herbalists. The organization is currently headed up by Kathi Keville, author of 11 herb and aromatherapy books and writer of over 150 herb articles for such national publications as Prevention Magazine. Kathi co-managed Oak Valley Herb Farm (founded in 1971), which is a wholesale distributor of herbal products with a commercial herb garden containing 400 species of medicinal herbs. www.ahaherb.com

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
AHP was founded in 1995 to promote the responsible use of herbal medicines and to insure they are used with the highest degree of safety and efficiency as possible. They are able to accomplish this through the development of standards of identity, purity and analysis for botanicals. They also critically review traditional and scientific data regarding their efficacy and safety. www.herbal-ahp.org

American Herbal Products Association
Founded in 1982, AHPA serves as the voice of the herbal products industry and is a recognized leader in representing those members who are growers, processors, manufacturers and markets of herbal products. AHPA’s mission is to promote responsible commerce of herbal products and help improve market opportunities for companies that sell herbs and herb-related products. www.ahpa.org

American Herbalists Guild
The American Herbalists Guild is the only peer-review organization in the United States for professional herbalists specializing in the medicinal use of plants. Founded in 1989, its membership consists of professionals, general members and benefactors. Their aim, as a non-profit, educational organization, is to represent the goals and voices of herbalists. www.americanherbalistsguild.com

Forest Guardians
Founded in 1989, the Forest Guardians organization aims to protect and restore the native biological diversity of the American Southwest; educate and enlist citizens to support protection of the forests, rivers, deserts and grasslands of this arid region; support communities in efforts to protect their land and to practice and promote sustainable use of natural resources. This group has a proven record of defending and preserving threatened southwestern wildlife and ecosystems.www.fguardians.org

La Familia Medical Center
Since 1972, the La Familia Medical Center has been providing medical and dental care to the underserved people of Santa Fe, New Mexico. La Familia began as a small neighborhood clinic. The City of Santa Fe later added a daycare center and dental services, and in 1995 La Familia moved into a new, 19,000 square foot facility. The center provides high-quality, comprehensive medical, dental and heath education services, with special emphasis on the underserved. These services are affordable and culturally sensitive, and are delivered in a manner respectful of patients’ privacy, rights, and dignity, regardless of their financial resources. www.lafamiliasf.org

National Arbor Day Foundation
A lack of trees in the Nebraska Territory in the mid-1800’s led to the founding of Arbor Day. J. Sterling Morton, an early pioneer to the area, was a nature lover and a journalist, and it was through his dedicated efforts and enthusiasm that Arbor Day eventually became a legal and recognized holiday. Today the National Arbor Day Foundation still inspires people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees, and they have built an organization of dedicated members who lead the way and help individual citizens plant and care for trees to enrich the environment. www.arborday.org

Nature Conservancy
Working in all 50 states and more than 30 countries, the Nature Conservancy operates more than 100 marine conservation projects and has protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of river around the world. With a core membership of 1 million members and 1,500 dedicated volunteers, the Conservancy’s mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. www.nature.org

Santa Fe Independent Business and Community Alliance
The Santa Fe Alliance works to build a diverse network of local businesses, community members and non-profit and governmental leaders to educate them about the importance of buying goods and services locally. It was formed in 2002 with a vision of a just and sustainable global economy created by local economies that enhance community life. www.santafealliance.com

United Plant Savers
UpS had its beginnings at an Herbal Symposium in 1994, fueled by a group of individuals there who were concerned about the health of native medicinal plant populations. It has since grown into a solid community of herbalists, botanists, scientists and healers whose mission is to protect the native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat while ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for generations to come. www.unitedplantsavers.org