At present we have no scientific evidence to suggest organic essential oils are more therapeutically beneficial than medical grade essential oils, so why buy organic and pay big premiums in the process?

Environmental Friendly Farming Practices

Supporting organic farming means you are contributing to environmentally friendly and sustainable farming methods that will help preserve the world we live in for many future generations.

Organic farming is responsible farming. Every effort is made to preserve and encourage insect and animal wildlife on the land and in the surrounding lands as well. Organic Essential Oils are extracted from plants grown on land that is weeded by hand and free of any artificial chemicals (so no pesticides or herbicides). Evidence now suggests artificial chemicals act as xeno-oestrogens that mimic the effect of oestrogen and are fat-soluble so store themselves in the body thus affecting the hormonal balance and fertility in human beings.

Superior soil management results in lands with far less soil erosion and waste. The fertility of organically managed soil also possesses higher levels of micro-nutrients and minerals which find there way into the crops.

Organic Status

To be certified as organic in the UK, a farm must first register with an organic certification organisation such as ECOCERT or The Soil Association. After agreeing to enter into a two year conversion period the farmer will then adopt better practices and it will allow enough time for all artificial chemicals to drain from the land and provide the perfect starting point.

During the two year period the farmer will be subject to numerous on site inspections by the certifying body to make sure all the necessary steps to conversion have been upheld. Once the inspector is satisfied that the farmer has complied with all of the regulations an organic certificate with a license number is issued to the farmer.

Conclusion

The result is organic essential oils contain higher levels of active constituents and this unique natural chemistry results in essential oils usually possessing very different odour profiles to the same essential oil grown using conventional farming methods.