Brighton, Colorado-Lily Organics Farm and Lily Farm Fresh Skin Care is the first and only skin care in the world to receive all 3 of these USDA certified organic certifications. “We are the only skin care company on Planet Earth that goes to all this work to create our top skin care products.” While most skin care companies just call a private labeler or co-packer to have their products made, Lily Farm Fresh Skin Care, grows the USDA...

Lily Farm Fresh Skin Care uses Calendula in many products. Calendula is from the plant family asteraceae.  Many of calendula’s historic uses are skin-related.  Calendula is a native of the Mediterranean area. Today is grows in most temperate regions of the world. The ancient Romans gave it the name calendula because the flowers bloomed on the day of every month of the “calends,” their calendar.  The plant with the bright yellow and...

We held a mini farm festival for the buyers in Colorado and Wyoming at our headquarters in Brighton, CO. It was like a harvest festival. Vitamin Cottage and Whole foods buyers came from as far as Cheyenne, Wyo and Evergreen, CO. We had a great time. There were 16 in total. In addition, two came from Colorado’s newest aesthetician school, Botanical Aesthetics. I will be helping to teach at the new school, so check it out at...

Everybody seems to want to understand all the distinctions and myriads of differences in all the different kinds of USDA organic certifications.  Let me see if I can spread some light. It occurs to me, since we are the only skin care company on Planet Earth that is a USDA certified organic grower, and that we have a USDA certified organic laboratory, and 6 USDA certified organic skin care products approved by the USDA, I may be a real authority...

Wow, yesterday was intense, as the USDA inspector came out and inspected our USDA certified organic farm, where we grow our ingredients for our skin care, our USDA certified organic laboratory, where we make the freshest and best organic skin care, and inspected and audited every ingredient we use in our USDA certified organic products!  Whew, I don’t mind telling you it is a rough row to hoe! Are all those other skin care makers that...

In May we planted about 700-800 plants, including, chamomile, arnica, mint, and much more. The seedlings we planted are struggling with an infestation of micro grasshoppers that are getting to be more and more of a challenge. We will spray them with one of my concoctions of soap and Tabasco sauce this week. They are eating the leaves and in some cases killing the plants. It is a fight for their life. The arnica is almost all perished. This one...