I am a massage therapist looking to buy bulk herbs to make my own products. Where can I find good herbs?
A. I always recommend that you talk first with any local herb growers in your area or region to see if they can satisfy your crop needs. This could guarantee you the freshest herbs possible, and help your local economy. Secondly, I would suggest that you use only organically grown, non-irradiated herbs, thus helping to keep down the demand for pesticides, herbicides and nuclear power — and that will also give you a much more powerful product. While you are trying to make contacts with local or regional growers, here are two large wholesale herb companies with good reputations: Frontier Herbs, a grower’s co-op in Norway, Iowa, 319-227-7966; San Francisco Herb & Natural Food Co., 510-547-6345.
