Austin, TX – Richard “Dick” Griffin has received the American Botanical Council’s (ABC) Champion Award for 2017. [caption id="attachment_56560" align="alignright" width="321"] Richard "Dick" Griffin[/caption] Griffin has consistently served ABC and other organizations in the natural products community through partnerships with his insurance companies Grifcon Enterprises and Griffin Insurance Services, and...
Ethnobotanist and a founding father of the American Botanical Council James A. Duke, PhD, 88, passed away at his home on Dec. 10. “He was a brilliant, dedicated, funny, and humble man, who earned the admiration, respect, and love of thousands of scientists and herbal enthusiasts,” said Mark Blumenthal, executive...
Austin, Texas — By adopting turmeric, EuroPharma, has now joined the American Botanical Council’s (ABC) Adopt-an-Herb program, which helps ABC not only expand the company’s nonprofit educational mission, but also “keeps its HerbMedPro database updated with the latest scientific and clinical research.” “Representing turmeric, an herb with such life-changing possibilities and...
Austin, TX — The 12th annual HerbDay will be celebrated by the nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC) on Saturday, May 6th. The day will include activities based on herbal education and there will be local and national herbal experts on hand giving presentations. Open from 10 AM until 4 PM,...
Austin, Tx — The new Online Wellness Library (OWL), has been endorsed by the American Botanical Council (ABC) through a letter sent to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). The CRN is one of the leading dietary trade associations in America and it promoted the creation of OWL, an online database...
Austin, TX — The American Botanical Council (ABC) announces that Brassica Protection Products LLC as the 2016 recipient of the ABC Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award. Since its founding in 1997, Brassica Protection Products has been dedicated to the research and development of beneficial phytochemicals from...
Rockville, MD — Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Revised Draft Guidance for New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Notifications in August, industry has been working hard to understand how exactly it has changed since 2011, where it has improved and where further revisions should take place. It...
