How Forest Manna RAW Pine Pollen™ Powder Came To Be
The way we see it, the story of RAW Forest Foods really begins long before there was a name. It starts with one person who’s tired, unwell, and searching for a way back to health after Lyme disease. That search led to the plants. And among them, Pine Pollen stood out.
At first, there was no thought of selling anything. It was just a small home apothecary, a few jars on a kitchen counter, and the slow work of crafting something that might help the body recover. Those early batches of RAW Pine Pollen™ were made with intention, but also with hope—hope for more energy, more resilience, and a return to feeling alive again.
Then people started asking for it. They had seen what it could do. In 2010, RAW Forest Foods came into being. The first offerings were simple: wildcrafted RAW Pine Pollen™ and Pine Pollen Tinctures, prepared in small, intentional batches. A year later, Forest Manna RAW Pine Pollen™ Powder joined them.
Fifteen years on, we’ve added more products and learned more about the science. But we still believe the most important answers are often the simplest ones: you don’t always need more. You just need to return to what’s real.
For us, RAW Pine Pollen™ is that starting point. It works at the foundation, replenishing what Chinese medicine calls Jīng, or essence, and Yuán Qì, our original vitality.
This is what carries you through the seasons of life. And if we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that when you find something that truly supports you in that way, you hold onto it. You honor it. And if you’re lucky, you get to share it.
What Forest Manna Means To Us
When we say manna, we’re reaching back to something ancestral. A gift so rare and life-sustaining it was called food of the gods.
But ours doesn’t fall from the sky. It comes from the forest.
When we first held RAW Pine Pollen™ in our hands, when we first saw its golden dust carried by the spring wind, we knew what it was. This was the manna of the forest.
Born of the wild, RAW Pine Pollen™ is not a product we invented. It’s an offering from nature itself. Pure. Unspoiled. Alive with the resilience and vitality it’s meant to pass on to you.*
The same force that wakes the trees each spring, that drives roots deeper through stone, that calls new growth into being. This is nourishment you feel in your bones, your mind, your spirit.*
And every spring, there’s a moment. A small, three-day window when the pollen is ready. We go to the same pristine forests in Chun’an County, China. The air there is still, the land protected, and the trees untouched.
This is where our Mountain Harvest Pine Pollen™ comes from. Always single origin. Always gathered by the same trusted hands we’ve worked with for years. Those relationships matter, because they protect the integrity of what we share with you.
Forest Manna RAW Pine Pollen™ Powder is more than a nutrient source. It’s a connection to the wild, a reminder that real nourishment still comes from places that haven’t forgotten how to be themselves. We keep it pure so you can feel the full strength of what the forest offers: the phytoandrogens, the antioxidants, the deep, foundational support for your body's overall well-being.*
If the powder is where you start, you’re holding Pine Pollen in its most elemental form. But the story doesn’t end there. Some days, you might reach for the fast-acting lift of a tincture. Other times, the simplicity of capsules or the steady rhythm of tablets might fit better into your routine.
However you take it, this is your invitation to receive it—and to see where it takes you.
