Herbal Explorations: The Business of Herbs and Botanicals

In order for brands and manufacturers to be able to meet regulatory compliance, and create safe and effective botanical products, herbal identity testing is critical. Confirming botanical genus, species, and plant parts is an art, as well as a science. Wilson talks to Elan Sudberg, CEO of Alkemist Labs, on how the process works . Learn more: https://nuherbs.com/

Jon Benninger of Informa, and Wilson Lau of Nuherbs will be discussing the importance of hybrid events and platforms such as SupplySide365 and Jon’s Morning Mingle are for the herbal supply chain. In this episode, they discuss and explore how the herbal industry can use online platforms to supplement traditional trade shows to discover new suppliers, customers, and make new connections. Jon and Wi...

In this episode, Wilson and Ann discuss key areas of sustainability impacting the growth, cultivation and harvesting of herbs. Listen to their conversation to better understand: Farming Practices - Soil Health: Choice of the crops, variety, seed, rotation, soil fertility, The temperature, soil, terrain, micro-climate and humidity all influence potency of the plant. For the plants to continue to th...

Does Just In Time Inventory Make Sense For the Global Supply Chain? In this episode, Wilson Lau and Sam Joshi, talk about “Just in time inventory” and some trends that make “just in time herbal ingredients” harder to secure these last few years. The conversations provides an extensive overview of the stakeholders involved the global herbal supply chain including: Government / Regulators Farmers /...

Climate Change and Developing Sustainable Harvesting Practices Wilson Lau, and Josef Brinckmann, Traditional Medicinals, Vice President of Sustainability talk about climate change, growing herbs, and building a sustainable supply chain. According to Josef, sustainability begins with evaluating and understanding what is needed most to sustain and improve your supply chain. 1:30: What do you conside...

Conservation, Preservation, ESG, and the Work of FairWild In this episode, Wilson talks to Anastasiya Timoshyna of FairWild . Anastasiya and Wilson talk about a specific conservation effort called TRAFFIC and how FairWild is working to ensure that the trade in wild species is not a threat to environmental conservation. As part of this work, Nuherbs has been supporting the development and the growt...

In this episode, Wilson and Asa Waldstein , the principal of the Regulatory Compliance and Supplement Advisory Group and the creator of  the #WarningLetterWednesday . Asa and Wilson discuss how herbalists, TCM practitioners, naturopaths, and functional medicine doctors should make claims. Making Claims Claims you make as a practitioner are different from claims you make products, as product c...

Holly Johnson of the American Herbal Products Association discusses the AHPA’s Tonnage Surveys . These reports present the findings of surveys APHA conducts to quantify annual harvests of certain North American herbs in commerce. In this episode, Holly discusses: How the AHPA conducts their surveys, and shares their research methodology, how their studies are conducted, how they take the data from...

In this episode, Wilson talks with Bill Chioffi of Ric Scalzo Institute for Botanical Research. In it, Wilson and Bill discuss: What the institute is and what its mission, and Wilson asks: Currently, herbs depending on the level of research and claims that it seeks to make can be classified as a Food, Drug, or Cosmetic, which are all regulated by the FDA. A example of this is Vitamin C can be clas...