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July 2022. Blue Sky Botanics announced as runner-up for the 2022 Sustainable Ingredient Award for their FairWild Baobab Fruit Purée. This is the first time that a FairWild-certified product has featured at the prestigious Sustainable Food Awards.

December 2019 - Are you attending BioFach 2020, in Nuremberg, Germany 12-15 February? Join us at the world's largest Organic trade fair!

#FairWildWeek kicks off today - the time when we celebrate the role of wild plants in all our lives. Get involved with the week on social media and ask your favourite brands if they use wild!

Zurich, May 2022. The FairWild Foundation has developed a new collaboration with Martin Bauer GmbH & Co. KG, a longstanding participant in the FairWild certification scheme.

May 2022 – FairWild Foundation’s partner TRAFFIC, along with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), and the IUCN SSC Medicinal Plant Specialist Group have released a new report on the social and biological risks in supply chains for 12 diverse wild plant ingredients: the wild dozen.

April 2022 - If you recently heard about FairWild for the first time, or perhaps just want a refresher on what FairWild is all about, our latest webinar is for you! Join the FairWild Secretariat on Tuesday 17 May at 10am EST / 3pm UK time / 4pm CET for a one-hour introduction to all things FairWild.

October 2021 - The FairWild Foundation and partners are preparing to open the FairWild certification scheme to fungi, making this valuable tool available to industry and other stakeholder groups to help tackle the considerable sustainability challenges associated with the harvest and trade of these essential biological resources.

October 2021 - Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza sp.) is prized for applications including traditional medicine, herbal tea and cosmetics. However, despite its wide use, the understanding of conservation and social risks surrounding the trade in wild liquorice root is limited, including among businesses that incorporate it into their products. Join us in this webinar to learn more!

Zürich, September 2021 - FairWild Foundation has recently welcomed several additional members to the Board of Trustees. The new appointments made in 2021 further strengthen the Foundation’s expertise and connections to the herbal products industry and other stakeholder communities at Board level, and will bring new insights based on a wealth of practical experience as well as personal commitment to FairWild’s mission.

#FairWildWeek kicks off today - the time when we celebrate the role of wild plants in all our lives. Get involved with the week on social media and ask your favourite brands if they use wild!

June 2021 - #FairWildWeek is all about celebrating the hidden wild plant ingredients in our daily routines, and working to build a sustainable future for wild plants and the people who depend on them. Join us for a kick-off webinar on this year’s theme ‘Wild Plants Are Our Business’ on Monday 21 June.

May 2021 - Join us on May 20 to discuss what it takes to create and maintain mutually beneficial long term trade relations among those wild-harvesting plants for the global supply network, including equitable sharing of the costs of sustainable production.

March 2021 - If you recently heard about FairWild for the first time, or perhaps just want a refresher on what FairWild is all about, our latest webinar is for you! Join the FairWild Secretariat on Tuesday 30 March at 10am EST / 3pm UK time / 4pm CET for an introduction to all things FairWild.

March 2021 - For the past three years, FairWild has been a collaborating partner on a Darwin Initiative funded project in Nepal helping local harvesters of Jatamansi to boost their income and sustainability. Join FairWild for a webinar to meet some of the producers involved in the project!

February 2021 - FairWild are excited to announce some additions and updates to our trading rules, labelling rules and derogations policy that will help to expand the number of situations in which businesses can use the FairWild label on their products.