WiscNews.com : Sauk Prairie Eagle
She lay her institute horticulture classes to functioning so she could tarry home and raise her children, creating Four Seasons at Nature's Acres. My passion became how plants can heal," she said. Stevens is a herbalist.
She also elevate grass-fed beef. With her husband, David, she has a 130-acre certified biological farm.
She cast-off her vegetable therapy on her children and said she saw decided outcome and began producing teas, soaps, salves, creams, balms, oils and tinctures, marketing them at health food stores and local outlets.
Now, at the exit of her 21st year, she is expanding. She plans to attend a trade show in New York, the Integrated Condition Symposium, where she will market her products to doctors and practitioners. She already is marketing to 10 clinics across the country. Medical practitioner have to learn," she said.
It feels chilly bringing Sauk County to New York City and the national audience of health care practitioners. I've focused on herbs since 1981. I have the honesty to mart to the clinic niche."
For quality control, all her products are unreal in microscopic batches from bush grown on her property. This time in history is a great time," Stevens said. We have study to back us up and we have background." She was referring to all the history of western herbalism, such as the exercise of nettles and mother's wort, the 3,000-year history of Chinese herbalism and the Auruevedic herbalism of India.
There are the three most general herbalism cultures from which to learn," she said. We know herbs heal." Stevens said the German equivalent of the Federal Narcotic Administration tests both prescriptions and herbal remedies.
She said the evaluation ofttimes are used to set standards herbalists can follow. She said she is proud to be recognized for her quality products. There's exceeding and more competition, individuals and cooperatives," she said.
About 80 percent are owned by multi-nationals." Stevens has her products at The Spirit Horses Wellness Center, 529 Water St. Prairie du Sac. On the business' shelves, Stevens has 10 herbal teas, two lip balms & 8212; Candy Violet and Holy Basil & 8212; salves, creams, soaps, tinctures, skin moisturizers and bath salts. We keep making new products," she said.
For any issue there's an herb to assist us." She has an arthritis remedy composed of prickly ash, an herb with a numbing quality. She also has joint and muscle botanical liniment and anti-wrinkle cream, herbal remedies to help people with asthma or breathing difficulties breathe choice and heart remedies.
Her most recent issue is body butter. Creams are our best-selling category," she said. Stevens has a staff that includes four part-time employees. Lisa Hartman has worked part-time for Stevens for eight years and specializes in soaps. Other part-time pole members include Karen Dennis, Janet Moliter and Mary Luckhardt-Klemm.
All are local women.