My recent Young Living Bergamot farm experience
Star Anise
Dear YL community,
A highlight of my Young Living journey is the opportunity to visit the farms where the YL oils originate. YL is the ONLY oils company in the world that plants, harvests, distils, tests and bottles the oils on its own farms or partner farms. This Seed to Seal policy means that YL has full control over its processes and can provide us with quality assurance that no other oil company can.
In addition, YL provides full transparency by allowing its members (people like you and me) to visit these farms, ask questions of the farmers, understand the provenance and the processes involved and expand our understanding of the natural world.
Visiting the farms connects us with mother nature (which is becoming increasingly important in an increasingly virtual world) and provides us with a far greater appreciation of the quality of the oils and the efforts that YL go to in order to ensure the oil’s purity and potency. Whether it’s visiting my egg farmer, my raw dairy farmer, or an oils farm, I can honestly say that farm visits light up my DNA. After all, once upon a time, we were all hunter-gatherers and then farmers where we communed intimately with the natural world. We have lost this connection in modern times. YL as a steward of the planet provides us with not only the gift of Mother Nature in the form of potent plant botanicals but the opportunity to witness firsthand the farms where the magic all begins.
The farms are located all around the globe (there are a few in Australia eg Sandalwood farm in WA, Blue Cypress farm in NT and Kunzea farm in Tassie).
I had the absolute pleasure of recently visiting YL’s ‘Bella Vista’ bergamot farm in Southern Italy with 2 of my YL business leaders – Camille Gunduz and Judy Rose. The smell and sight of bergamot (which is a citrus fruit) combined with the backdrop of the Mediterranean sea was stunning. The harvesting and extracting process were explained to us. With every farm visit (this is my 4th YL farm visit to date) I fall more and more in love with YL as a company – its ethics, and its heart and soul.
Click here to watch this 1-minute video on the Bergamot farm (it’s worth it for the music alone!).
Click here to watch a short video I took on the harvesting process.
Click here to watch a short video I took on the extraction process.
Click here to compare the difference in the colour of 2 bergamot oils.
Enjoy!
Love Soulla
