Louisville Kentucky Essential Oils

05/26/2020

Oversupply and a lack of federal rules led to trouble for the industry.

01/10/2020

Fred Minnick, well-known whiskey critic and local newsmaker, has chosen his whiskey of the year.

08/28/2019

“With seasonal products and LTOs, brands can demonstrate quality and authenticity in all kinds of food, drink and snack categories,” said Symrise marketing consumer insight manager Dylan Thompson. “There’s a chance to make a lasting emotional connection with consumers.”

08/27/2019

It’s been 50 years since the brand’s first—and, to date, only—fragrance, 1964’s Vent Fou.

08/20/2019

Awesome

08/14/2019

Essential Oil Quality Alliance (EOQA) is a classic, old school supplier with deep roots in the industry. To understand the phrase “classic, old school,” forget about the multi-level-marketing companies (MLM) like Young Living and Doterra. These are companies built on direct marketing, and they operate much like Mary Kay, Tupperware, Amway and Shaklee of the 70s and 80s. They cause the homes of their clients to become product promotion sites. They exploit close personal relationships, creating networks to move products that are generally overpriced. Often times these are quasi-religious networks built around young Christian moms.
When aroma therapy was new to the United States it was empowered by independent individuals who were fascinated by healing alternatives. Some of these were hippy types ready to rebel against everything conventional. Some were very old fashioned and trusted the ancients more that modern scientists and pharma. They studied and practiced herbal remedies and told their friends about it. They compared stories and traded plants, blends and oils. Some even distilled their own oils and floral waters. A few went much deeper into the natural healing movement and became America’s premier aroma therapists. Oils were already available in the United States because the fragrance and flavor industry was already importing them for candies, gum, food, soaps and other manufactured consumer goods. Furthermore distillation was old technology by then.
Even though EOQA does supply some oils to certain MLM they are treated as regular customers and no exclusive contracts are signed. We sell to the same hippy types and neo-ancient healers that operated in the shadows in the 60s and 70s. Our independent customers pay the same prices as the big MLM.
One of the ways MLM are bad for business is that they frequently pursue constricting covenants that make it harder for independent buyers to get good quality oils. They hoard oils creating artificial shortages. They seek control. MLM also try very hard to make reality match the mythology they promote. Keep in mind they build their mythology along with the business before they begin micromanaging independent sales wherever they can. When they say they are the only ones selling XYZ they are often telling the truth because they made sure of it. They work very hard at controlling the market. They are willing to put old mom and pop stores out of business without a second thought. EOQA staff consider this sort of manipulation and bullying to be immoral. Never mind that it is legal, it is still unethical.
EOQA sells to small businesses. We sell to soap makers. We sell to distributors and dealers. We keep our souls in the farms and our eyes on the import business evaluating samples and following price trends. We build relationships with producers. We know what to look for in quality and we are not led down trendy pathways that demand some arbitrary adherence to some arbitrary standard set by wealthy companies. We conduct our own research. We do laboratory distillations of organic material and continuously build our independent database. We know this year what we didn’t know last year about a specific oil. Next year we will know what we don’t know now. We compare our new research with old research. We know where to look. We keep searching for new products. Sometimes we discover that there isn’t oil in XYZ w**d. Sometimes we discover happily that there was a lot more there that we ever imagined.
Some of our data we share and make public for all the world. Sometimes we keep the data under our hat. We paid for it, after all.
We keep selling to the independent. We keep learning. We keep improving. That is old school.

08/01/2019

Sadly this distillation yielded such a small sample we could not do any physical constants. We decided to wait until next year when we can do a more thorough job of breaking down the data. The positive is that the hydrosol was especially lovely.

08/01/2019

Isn't this great!

In Kentucky, farming is a tradition shared among many families. Typically when we think about farming in the state we think crops, cattle and now the resurgence of h**p. New numbers released earlier this year show a new trend in the farming community. More and more women are turning to the agricultu...

07/29/2019

If you are a farming hobby person let EOQA know. Our team might be able to help.

If you're starting up a hobby farm, your goal is to have fun. These tips provide suggestions for keeping your farm manageable, affordable, and fun.

07/26/2019

Essential Oil Quality Alliance Mascot, Filly Gumbo

07/22/2019

For the first six months of 2019, the company saw sales reach CHF 3,094 million, an increase of 6.3 on a like-for-like basis and 15.7 Swiss francs.

07/12/2019

Catnip grows well in Kentucky but the yield from distillation is too low to make it a viable commercial essential oil crop. For this herb in particular CO2 extraction is still an area that needs more research. Other methods of extraction would possibly work. Several of the naturally occurring chemicals in catnip are powerful insect repellents but the research is more complicated than a single paragraph. It is also a good bird and bee herb for attracting many native bees and European honey bees and goldfinches. The latter works best when combined with Sunflowers. The finches are attracted to the sunflowers but when the catnip buds dry they are happy to eat them. It requires very little maintenance and it will return every year. Do not spray it with anything or you risk harming the wild critters. A few Japanese beetles will try their luck but they seem to avoid this fragrant herb.

07/12/2019

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fictional-account-lord-honeycutt-daniel-sheffield/

FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE HONEYCUTT NAME Although there is no written record of which I am aware Alek the First was also the first to call himself Honeycutt: He was a seller of dung. He was that until his fortunes aligned and he outlived most of the men who remembered his youth and the title Lord Hon

06/14/2019

That is a pretty extensive look at this issue. Wow!

Certain foods may help with the symptoms of ADHD, while others could worsen the condition. In this article, we look at which foods to choose and the research behind specific ADHD diets.

06/13/2019

EOQA is researching Louisville area wild mints. If you have mint growing on your property that has not been sprayed we will send someone to collect a 5.0 LBS sample. The hydrosol we produce from the distillation will be yours but the small oil we recover will be sent to a lab for testing. It will not be sold. We are specifically looking at furan levels. Send email to eoqacontact@gmail.com

05/17/2019

These were not the mushrooms I was seeking. 🤨