Published: Monday, March 8, 2010
AHPA Announces Winners of 2010 AHPA Awards
March 8, 2010 — The American Herbal Products Association’s (AHPA) is proud to announce the winners of its fifth annual AHPA Awards to recognize individuals and companies making substantive, positive contributions to the herbal products industry.
“AHPA honors and thanks these leaders for their significant contributions to the herbal products industry,” said Michael McGuffin, the association’s president. “Each honoree is committed to excellence and understands that continual industry growth depends on the individual actions and decisions made by members of our business community.”
Gaia Herbs, Brevard, North Carolina
The Herbal Industry Leader award is presented to a company with outstanding business practices. Since its founding in 1987, Gaia has provided leadership in moving the industry forward above and beyond normal business practices as a socially-responsible business and a certified-organic grower and manufacturer of liquid herbal extracts. Notable achievements include advancements in the understanding of Echinacea through research funded by federal Small Business Innovative Research grants; recent introduction of the EarthBottle™ (an all-natural, plant-based, biopolymer composite resin technology for packaging dietary supplements and body care products); charitable donations of organic produce through its Community Supported Agriculture project; consistent support of naturopathic medical education, including the annual Medicines from the Earth Symposium now in its 18th year; successful development of it’s 250 acre commercial, educational and research farm in western North Carolina, and key support for an 800-acre public-private botanical sanctuary and medicinal plant research farm in Costa Rica. Once completed, this preserve will protect medicinal plants native to Central America, generate skilled employment for local people, and provide a place for regional sustainability research. It is AHPA’s great pleasure to recognize the company’s demonstrated commitment to quality, research, innovation, community and sustainability with the 2010 AHPA Herbal Industry Leader award.
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