The leaves have nearly finished changing 🍁. Days are growing shorter 🌛. Fall festivities with family and friends are on the horizon 🦃. How can you stay warm and nourished as temperatures continue to drop? Well, if you ask our November featured vendor, Sacred Blossom Farm, we bet they would say a hot cup of tea! 🍵
Sacred Blossom Farm owner and founder, Tony, standing in a field of Echinacea (also known as coneflowers). Echinacea is one of the ingredients in Sacred Blossom Farm’s Immunity herbal tea blend.
Nestled in Western Wisconsin’s Driftless Region
Sacred Blossom Farm is (in their own words) a “small scale, regenerative” herb farm dedicated to producing “herbal teas of spectacular quality and freshness” and owned by Tony DiMaggio.
Sacred Blossom Farm grows their herbs on 20 acres of rented land from their partner farm, Crazy Rooster Farm and Amish Telephone Booth in Mondovi, WI. They are about 40 minutes south of Eau Claire and 183 miles away from Vitruvian Farms. With their farm having started in spring of 2016, this year marks Sacred Blossom Farm’s 10th anniversary!
Living Teas, Living Ecosystems
The herbs that make it into Sacred Blossom Farm’s teas are the highest quality ones of their crop; lower quality herbs are composted and returned to the earth. They also sustainably harvest a small number of their ingredients, such as nettles, from the Wisconsin wilderness. To prepare the herbs to be used for tea, Scared Blossom Farm dries each one at its ideal temperature in custom machines (primarily powered by solar energy!).
Sacred Blossom Farm’s Angel herbal tea blend.
Tony prioritizes health - the health of people and the planet. In the interest of working with, rather than against, nature, Sacred Blossom Farm employs a number of sustainable growing practices. These include polycultures (growing multiple crops together), cover cropping, low till and animal-assisted management strategies, minimal inputs, and more. Their farm also serves as habitat for pollinators.
While they are not certified organic, their commitment to environmental stewardship and the fact that chemicals have not been used on their land in more than 25 years tells us that we can trust their teas to do good by people and by the Earth.
Tony using a wheel hoe — a piece of farming equipment that can be used to cultivate (shallowly disturb) the soil to reduce weed pressures.
Available at the Farm Store
We are proud to carry 5 different blends of Sacred Blossom Farm’s loose leaf herbal teas. The herbs in each blend are left whole to better retain their flavor, aroma, and properties. They can also be re-brewed to make more tea – that’s good for the environment (and your wallet!). Most of the tea currently for sale was grown within the past year.
The 5 caffeine-free, gluten-free, and additive-free herbal teas we carry are:
Angel - Soothing and nourishing*
Breathe - Supports sinus and allergy relief*
Dream - Promotes sleep*
Immunity - Acute immune support*
Tiger - Promotes energy and focus*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
If you’re interested in learning about the herbs Sacred Blossom Farm grows, how to grow and dry herbs yourself, what an example of small-scale sustainable farming looks like, or how to brew an exceptional cup of tea, we strongly recommend that you check out their website.
Find their tea in our Farm Store, and care for your mind and body with wholesome hydration from Sacred Blossom Farm 🌿🌼🫖
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📸Photo Credits: Sacred Blossom Farm