Partnership with the American Botanical Council

Why RAW Forest Foods Stands with the American Botanical Council

We support the American Botanical Council (ABC) because we share the rare and unwavering devotion to truth in herbalism.

Through efforts like the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP), the American Botanical Council helps ensure that the plants people turn to for restoration and support remain true to what they are: pristine, living, and ethically sourced. That’s something we believe in deeply, too.

The Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program

A project of the American Botanical Council, the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP) exists to safeguard the purity of herbs, from the moment they’re cultivated or wildcrafted to the moment they reach your hands. The program brings education, research, and accountability to an industry that sometimes forgets where its roots lie.

At RAW Forest Foods, we support BAPP because we know this work matters. It protects not just plants, but the people who trust in them, and the lineage of renewal that stretches far behind and far ahead of us. Read more about the BAPP and its impact across the field of herbalism.

Integrity Is the Soil We Grow From

Herbalism begins in the wild—but its future is shaped by those who protect it. The American Botanical Council is part of that living thread. They’ve long been stewards of plant knowledge that protect the safe, effective use of herbs, mushrooms, and other botanicals around the world.

As Supporting Business Members, we walk alongside them in this work. It’s both our oath and our daily devotion—to craft formulas that don’t just work, but that can be trusted. Formulas that honor their origins, stay rooted in the forest, and remain true to the wisdom that started it all.

Tending the Living Thread of Trust

Our work is born in the wild—among trees, roots, and rain—and the standards we hold are no less natural. Our collaboration with the American Botanical Council grows from a shared belief: that herbalism must remain whole, traceable, and trustworthy.

When we say we care where a plant comes from, we mean it. When we say we’ve tested it, we’ve tested it. ABC helps uphold this clarity and intention across the field. Through education and the prevention of adulteration, they ensure that what starts in the forest reaches you in its most pristine and natural form.

Authentic, Ancestral Herbalism With Contemporary Scientific Insight

Our partnership with the American Botanical Council is grounded in a shared respect—for the plants, for the people who use them, and for the truth that connects the two. Together, we’re working to ensure that herbalism remains what it has always been: a source of integrity, rooted in tradition and strengthened by transparency.

But honoring the old ways doesn’t mean turning away from what we continue to learn. Through rigorous research, scientific publication, and programs like the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program (BAPP), ABC protects not just tradition—but truth.

By supporting ABC and their scientific and educational work, we’re investing in an herbal future that’s honest, ethical, and informed. One where trust is earned, and where the earth’s offerings are honored from soil to shelf.

Our Partnership With the American Botanical Council

When we think about why we do what we do, it always comes back to trust. That’s why we’re proud to support the American Botanical Council and the work they do to nurture trust, knowledge, and ethics within herbalism. Like us, they believe this field thrives when it’s grounded in transparency and truth.

Together, we stand for a tradition that is both ancestral and evolving—one that requires not just knowledge, but wisdom, and not just science, but sincerity.