Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps

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Our medical-grade alcohol is made from sugar cane that has traditionally been produced by small farmers in the steep hills of the Bolivar and Cotopaxi provinces of Ecuador. Since 2003, the Rural Forestation and Progress Network Corporation has worked with small farmers there and has provided training and appropriate technology for organic farming, alcohol purification and better environmental practices. They have also helped five small cooperatives organize themselves into a consortium, the Sweet Organic Agri-Artisanal Consortium (or CADO in Spanish).

Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.

Founded in 2005 by our UK partner Earthoil, the project first recruited smallholders willing to try out a crop new to the area and convert to organic practices. By now, over 500 farmers are members of the project and have organized in the Kenya Organic Oil Farmer’s Association (KOOFA). Earthoil buys the twigs and leaves of the tea trees and steam-distills them at its facility in Nanyuki where workers enjoy fair and safe working conditions not commonly found in the area.

We have established The Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation to act both locally and globally. Almost all of our income that is not needed for growing the company is contributed to charitable, social and environmental causes, and to community development programs.

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