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Penny started working to demonstrate solutions to environmental problems resulting from poor use of natural resources in the early-1990s. She developed number of social and environmental theories related to land use and human needs. Those theories are applied through the family business, "Good From The Woods." Goods From The Woods was created in 1996, as a testing ground of the theory, "create a demand for a wild product, in order to create economic incentives for wilderness." She began with the largest land-owner in the world, with a product which had an establish market and tremendous ecological potential, The Pinon Pine Nut.

We create botanical products and are certified wild/organic. (In 2007, the farm was sold and the Frazier's purchased a larger property.) (Photo Tour of first wild crops farm). Native plants, wild roots and seeds are collected from our certified wild forest and  prairie. We then grow the plants organically or with small farm generally accepted practies in the case of other local farmers or growers.

 

 

Harvesting Wild Natives from our farms for flowers, oils and seeds. We harvest early morning before the plant loses its moisture. The plant is hung to dry. We use Wild Bergamot Flowers in our alternative, chemical free carpet cleaner, our laundry cleaner, our baths and in the kitchen. Plants rebloom after harvest and seeds are collected in the fall.

Distilling Our Farm's Native Plants

 

Once dried and cleaned, the plant can be distilled. Purdue has some interesting work on Mondarda Distillations. We support small scale, sustainable level development of phyto-enterprises with the full spectrum of native wild plants grown on our farm. We use the plants' properties, making bath and natural cleaning products from our distillations. We handcraft our products slowly and with great pride, offering only small seclect, high quality products. Several larger companies are currently working to deveop skin care products with our wild harvested floral waters.

In 2007, the business between wild American Pine Nuts and Wild Ozark Crops split.  The development with Ozark wildcrops is done under, www.wildcrops.com .

Phase III

Goods From The Woods: Ozark Forest Farm


In 2008, Goods From The Woods is launching partnership ventures with private landowners in wild crop organic certification and value added botanical production.

Due to the sucess and growth in our production of certified organic wild crop products, Goods From The Woods purchased a larger woodland, complete with springs and began working with woodlot oweners and forest landowners under wild crop harvest leases.  Because the Ozarks repersents 100s of native plant species and it is our home, we are actively seeking a partner to carry on the work www.pinenut.com started with Native American Pine Nuts. It is our hope to find a harvester cooperative in the Soutwestern United States to carry on this pine nut work.

Pinon Fact Summary

1. The pinyon nut is a complete protein native to 58 million acres of public lands in the Southwestern U.S.

2. Pinyon nuts 28 times more earth efficient in terms of protein produced per acre than beef.

3. Research shows pine nuts to be at least 148 times more profitable than beef in terms of public lands revenue potential than grazing.

4. Millions of tax payer dollars are still being spent to deforest the pinyons, generally under fuel reduction projects.

5. Pinyon trees from the Great Basin require up to 125 years to become mature seed producers.

6. We import 8 million pounds of pine nuts from China every year.

 

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