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[Eliza]

Would AlfaVedic ever want / be able to sell products on the east coast in stores? For example: a bulk growler bottle that gets portioned out to people in smaller purchases. There are lots of stores and farm stands/markets near me and I’ve gotten to know a lot of different owners. They sell olive oil in this way for example and I think people would really be into it – there is nothing else like it.

It’s just been on my mind for a while so I wanted to finally throw it out there. I know you are not at all busy getting ready for ten events, reading a million books, building a website, raising kids and getting some time outside. I’m just throwing it out there especially if there was a way that I could help. It’s 2024, right? Big things poppin! I’m really trying to have no fear this year and verb vs noun. If it helps your bottom line and I convert some mass holes to the AV way – that’s a win win winner in my book.

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[barre]

i have thought about such an expansion and have been approached by many retailers, distributors & practitioners requesting to either stock, affiliate or white label some of my formulas. Here’s the issue(s): 1) some of our products include crops that Deb & I grow here at the farm, and despite our best expansion efforts we’re still not able to high-volume produce. We will still expand growing every year, however, so we’ll see; 2) I insist on hand-crafting in a pristine atmosphere with minimal electronic noise. Here at the farm we have a brilliant 2 building set-up to accomplish this, and a separate lab, which will become the major focal point of future operations that will become increasingly herbal-oriented with spagyric Salves & Elixers.

My son & I built a health product manufacturing facility in Santa Barbara for a company I created called Mattole Valley Naturals. It is FDA approved blah blah blah, and it has state-of-the-art equipment that would allow next-level production, but under strict adherence to our standards and staying with 1000 unit runs instead of the minimum 10k unit runs that produce the majority of industry products. When our powdered products are all manufactured in SB in the coming year we may have room to share select items with quality distributors.

The other element is our reason for Alfa Vedic … it is a creative passion, so juggling between 7 Generation planning & short-term needs is always a hoot! Thanks for the chat!

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