With harvest season in full affect across the Southeast, we wanted to share stories of the amazing farmers that grow the herbs and botanicals that flavor your favorite cuppa.
Fiddler's Green Farm in Marshall grow a bounty of herbs, botanicals, and vegetables using only organic and regenerative growing techniques.
Each seed is sown with care by hand, and rich soil is cultivated by soils crop rotation, cover cropping and organic alternatives to fertilizers and pesticides.
On their 4.5 acre farm, Julie & Ryan even transformed an old school bus into their drying room.
Once harvested and dried, herbs and botanicals like chamomile, anise hyssop, mojito mint, mountain mint and more from this beautiful mountain farm are delivered directly to our blending space for tea.
Watch Julie, Certified Holistic Herbalist, chat about growing techniques and uses of one of our favorite herbs - lemon balm. Once their lemon balm is harvested and dried, we'll blend it into lush & lemony teas like our Lavender Limoncello.
Fiddler's Green farm also acknowledges their farm occupies the stolen ancestral land of the East Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi). "Native peoples have tended the soils and cultivated relationships with these intricate ecosystems long before colonizers invaded, and we are humbled and honored to grow and work this land," said Julie.
They also strive to create a safe space for folks who are LGBTQIA+, and neurodivergent as they too are part of those communities.
"Farming has historically been traumatic and not welcoming to marginalized communities, we acknowledge this and will continue to learn how to do better as land owners," said Julie.
The farm also donates and provides fresh produce to Bounty and Soul, Equal Plates Project and other organizations.