Non-Profit & Outreach Programs- Herbs America Company

INSTITUTE OF TRADITIONAL AMAZON & ANDEAN MEDICINE (ITAAM)

We have founded a non-profit organization called ITAAM for the protection of indigenous lands and intellectual property rights of traditional healers.

Visit the website to learn more, and while there, ask for a copy of our JOURNAL OF THERAPEUTICAL AMAZON MEDICINE (JTAM), which includes a comprehensive database of peer reviewed studies and laboratory tests for hundreds of rare Amazonian fruits, herbs, and food crops.

Learn more about ITAAM here.

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Over the course of nearly 20 years, Herbs America's founders have been developing tribal medicinals, herb crops, and super foods for introduction into the natural foods market.
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Working in more than thirty countries around the world, HERBS AMERICA has used USDA agriculture and agro forestry permits to introduce over 400 live-food crops (new plants, seeds and important economic tree species) to North America.

We avidly support SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. Many of our plants can be found on Uluwehi Farm on Hawaii's big island.

The goal is to bring equitability to small farming operations in developing countries and support indigenous populations in their efforts of preserving culture while at the same time supporting agrarian economies.

BOTANICAL & CULTURAL PRESERVATION

Over the years, we have come to understand that good nutrition is often the defining factor between healthy, happy cultures and overstressed or impoverished communities.

Ashinka man does a slide show to support his culture

We have discovered that much of the devastation to the earth forest is a result of non-sustainable farming operations. We hope to alleviate this by practicing permaculture and a sustainable harvest wherever we work.

We believe that a nutrient-rich food supply can contribute to emotional and spiritual aspects such as tranquility, contemplation and compassion for others. Chemical imbalances in the body govern the attitudes and mood. Good health, endurance and cheer are bounties immeasurable by monetary means, and can contribute to peace on the planet.

One of the most inhuman things a company can do to a small farmer is to pressure them to use chemicals or short sighted farming practices. We never pressure our growers to utilize chemicals to increase yield. In fact, we promote organic agriculture and collaborate with traditional farmers who specialize in organic methods.

Learn more about our Maca growers and farming methods

Learn more about our ATL harvesting methods

ETHNOBOTANICAL FIELD STUDIES & PERMACULTURE COURSES

Join us in the Amazon jungle for intensive study programs with our indigenous healers!

ITAAM now offers HERBAL EDUCATION COURSES in the Amazon jungle, a series of adventure tours and ethnobotanical field studies in the AMAZON, and on an established PERMACULTURE FARM in HAWAII.

These courses are of interest to herbalists, students, anthropologists, botanists and adventurous travelers.

Learn more about the ITAAM ethnobotanical field studies and permaculture courses here

Herbs America: Non-Profit & Outreach

INSTITUTE OF TRADITIONAL AMAZON & ANDEAN MEDICINE (ITAAM)

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

BOTANICAL & CULTURAL PRESERVATION

ETHNOBOTANICAL FIELD STUDIES & PERMACULTURE COURSES