June 5th, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Human Rights, Oil Crops, Trade Issues, perfumery from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
Yesterday’s ‘Morning Edition’ on NPR featured an heroic effort in the hills of Afghanistan by Shafiq Azizi and his business partners to grow and extract roses and other aromatics as an alternative for the poppy growers who trade in the…
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May 18th, 2008 — , Book/Movie Reviews, Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Oil Crops, Regulatory Issues from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Medicinal and Aromatic Crops: Harvesting, Drying and Processing Edited by Serdar Oztekin and Milan Martinov. Haworth Press: New York. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56022-975-9. This book was published in 2007, but we recently obtained a copy for our library and realized that…
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April 22nd, 2008 — , Conservation, Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Events, Human Rights, Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, Research from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
“The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy and sell the sky? The land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air…
April 4th, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Events, Notes and News, Oil Crops, Research, Safety/Toxicity, Trade Issues, aromatherapy from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
P&F has gleaned statistics from Datamonitor on the growth of the Fair Trade market, stating that “ethical consumerism will increasingly come to the fore as people shop for products they feel akin to politically, ethically and aesthetically.” Aromatic extracts such…
March 31st, 2008 — , Ecological/Cultural Sustainability, Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Notes and News from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Laurus nobilis is the featured species at Botany Photo of the Day with information provided by Connor Fitzpatrick from the Global Facilitation Unit for underutilized species. They are doing a series on underutilized plants. Another species featured in this series…
