American Botanical Council
Jim Emme Named ABC Champion for 2018
The American Botanical Council (ABC) announced Jim Emme as the recipient of its ABC Champion Award for 2018. Emme, CEO of Illinois-based NOW Health Group, has been generous over the years in his support of ABC and other nonprofit organizations in the natural products community. The ABC Champion Award was created to recognize individuals who ...
ABC’s Gayle Engels to Receive Inaugural Award for Excellence in Herbal Education
The American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) Special Projects Director Gayle Engels will receive The Herb Society of America’s (HSA) inaugural Madalene Hill Award for Excellence in Herbal Education at the HSA’s Educational Conference and Annual Meeting of Members in Madison, WI, in June 2019. According to the HSA, the Hill Award honors those who “have a ...
American Botanical Council Begins 30th Year
On November 1, 2017, the American Botanical Council (ABC) begins its 30th year of nonprofit service, providing reliable, science-based information on the responsible use of herbs, medicinal plants, other beneficial botanicals, essential oils, fungi and related materials. The independent nonprofit has members in countries around the globe, has received numerous awards, and is recognized as ...
U.S. Sales of Herbal Supplements Increase by 7.7 Percent in 2016
Consumers in the United States spent an estimated 7.7 percent more on herbal dietary supplements in 2016 than in the previous year, according to the recently published HerbalGram Herb Market Report for 2016. The report, which appears in issue 115 of the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) quarterly, peer-reviewed journal HerbalGram, shows strong, continued growth for ...
SENPA Announces Speaker and Topic Lineup for 2017 SOHO EXPO
SOHO EXPO (sponsored by the Southeast Natural Products Association, SENPA) will celebrate 46 years on November 30-December 3, 2017 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL by hosting 23 Education programs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Nov. 30-Dec. 2). SOHO EXPO continues to provide education for retail attendees by securing sponsors ...
Bill Brevoort, Chinese Herb Pioneer, Dies at 75
Iconic Chinese medicinal herb pioneer Bill Brevoort, 75, passed away at his home in Kona, HI on July 28. He had been recently diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. Brevoort was a truly remarkable man — intelligent, intrepid, focused and highly spiritual, as noted by the American Botanical Council (ABC). He and his wife Peggy Brevoort founded East ...
The Supplement OWL Takes Flight
One year after the project was formally announced, the Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) became a reality, as the online product registry is now live. Serving as a resource for regulators, retailers, and industry, the OWL is an industry-wide, self-regulatory initiative that will help create a rich and more complete picture of the marketplace, and can ...
ABC Comments on Kratom
On December 1, the American Botanical Council filed comments in response to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Solicitation of Comments regarding the scheduling of two compounds in the kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) plant into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). ABC set forth to the DEA in its comments that emerging science supports ...
Coffee Fruit Joins ABC’s List of Adopted Botanicals
VDF FutureCeuticals, Inc. (Illinois) has adopted coffee fruit (Coffea spp., Rubiaceae) through the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) Adopt-an-Herb program. This program provides support to ABC’s HerbMedPro database, a comprehensive, interactive online tool that provides access to important scientific and clinical research data on the uses and health effects of more than 250 herbs. Distinct from traditional coffee bean ...
Fruit d’Or Unveils New Partnership with Taiyo During Cranberry Harvest Symposium
Members of the trade media, industry stakeholders and Fruit d’Or customers converged on the Quebec headquarters this month to literally get their feet wet during this year’s cranberry harvest. This year’s participants in the Fruit d’Or Cranberry Harvest Symposium got the full farm-to-factory experience, and will be on hand when Fruit d’Or formally unveils its new relationship ...
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