Every farmer knows that you can't have a bountiful harvest with out lots of hard work. Every step of the process is vitally important to the success of the whole. It is one system. We are all related; soil, water, plants, animals, people, air.
For this reason, Harvest Of Peace advocates using pure therapeutic grade essential oils for health and healing. Nature has given us this powerful gift to clean our homes, heal our bodies, ease our minds, and flavor our foods.
Essential oils are aromatic compounds composed volatile liquid plant material. This material is extracted in several ways. Pure, therapeutic grade essential oils, like the ones you will find at
Young Living, start with the proper species of plants which are grown in healthy soil, harvested at the appropriate time, and steam distilled under careful consideration for time and temperature. No chemical solvents are part of this process.
Other oils, like citrus fruits, are peeled and pressed. And yet others must be extracted by steeping them in alcohol. This is what is called an absolute. Low quality essential oils and fragrance oils (which have no therapeutic qualities), are extracted with chemical solvents. When you use the oils you also use the solvent. Not my idea of health.
For many years I used low quality essential oils. Recently I turned away from those I get at the health food store because they just did not smell right. Later I learned that the reason was that I could smell the solvents! In nose-to-nose sniff tests Young Living wins every time. For this reason, I have chosen to promote
Young Living essential oils.
I have been so inspired by the research at Young Living that I have created my own classes to spread the word about the benefits of these little gifts of nature. You can find the classes by clicking on
Essential Oil Education