Animals Know What’s Good For Them: Why Pets Love Noni Fruit Leather

Animals are a lot more intuitive than we sometimes give them credit for. They have a way of knowing when something is wrong, they have good instincts, and they know how to get what they need to be healthy. So it’s no surprise to us that animals love Noni Fruit Leather.

Noni is a powerful supplement to a healthy diet for humans and pets alike, and can help prevent and treat a wide variety of ailments and extend a long, healthy life.

What is Noni Fruit Leather for Pets?

Hawaiian Organic Noni Fruit Leather is made of 100% fresh noni pulp. We dry the pulp at a low temperature to create a raw food product that is non-fermented, potent, and full of beneficial nutrients, enzymes, and compounds that heal the body.

The whole product is grown, dried, and packaged on our organic family farm on Kauai, so we maintain control of every part of the process.

We use the exact same formula to make our Noni Fruit Leather for people and for pets. We understand that pets are a part of your family, so we never skimp on quality in products for your furry friends. The only difference is, we put pictures of cute animals on the packaging for pets, so you know whose noni is whose!

What Kinds of Pets Can Take Noni?

Most animals can benefit from a daily noni supplement, but here are the ones that are most common:

• Dogs and cats
• Horses
• Goats and other livestock
• Birds

Most animals should take a 2x2 inch square of Noni Fruit Leather each day as a preventative measure, with an additional 1-2 pieces taken each day for more severe conditions.

Small animals under 20 pounds should be given a 1x1 inch square 1-3 times per day.

You can either give them the piece of fruit leather whole, soak it water to soften it, or chop it up finely and mix with food.

Animals Who Love Noni

I’m always amazed at how well animals can sense what’s good for them. They have much more complex, instinctual inner lives than we realize. The fact that animals love noni fruit is a great example of this. Many humans think the fruit tastes and smells unusual, or even bad, but pets aren’t fooled. They know a good thing when they try it.

Here are two of my favorite stories of animals who just love noni fruit.

Bhakti the Farm Dog

Our farm’s 11-year-old Australian Shepher and Airedale mix has been taking noni since he was young, and it’s as if he hasn’t aged a day. He’s an 11-year-old puppy who bounds up to us every day to get his daily noni. And he loves it. See for yourself in this video!

He gets so excited when it’s time for noni, because he knows it’s working to protect and heal his body from the inside out! Bhakti has never had a tick or a flea, or heartworm, and he’s never had shots to prevent them! It’s all the noni.

Local Wild Chickens

We love having a flock of local wild chickens on our farm, and they love all the delicious noni they get to eat each day! We don’t feed them Noni Fruit Leather, but they do eat lots of fresh noni fruit.

We have visitors to our farm throw noni to the chickens, who love to gobble it up. They must know it’s good for them, and they’re some of the healthiest chickens I’ve ever seen.

But recently, one of the chickens started feeling a little entitled! I was opening up a fresh noni fruit to show to our farm tour guests, and one of the chickens jumped up to stand on my chest so he could get to the noni! I’ve never seen a chicken that excited about anything.

Why Give Noni Fruit Leather to Pets?

There are lots of benefits to giving your pet a daily noni supplement. We know that Bhakti and all the other animals who love noni get so excited because they can tell it’s good for them.

Preventative Health

Noni Fruit Leather is an amazing preventative for humans and pets alike. Here are just a few of the conditions a regular dose of noni can prevent in your beloved pets:

• Hot spots
• Fleas and ticks
• Cysts and tumors
• Heart conditions
• Diabetes

We’ve seen time and time again that pets who take noni before they need it live longer, healthier lives. Bhakti, our farm dog, has taken noni since he was young, and now he still behaves like an 11-year-old puppy—full of energy, healthy, and always excited to take his noni each day!

Treating Ailments

Noni is also amazing for helping pets to heal from existing ailments of all kinds. Noni Fruit Leatherhelps reverse everything in the list above, as well as preventing and treating:

• Stomach troubles, ulcers and poor digestion
• Arthritis, inflammation, and joint pain
• Hip dysplasia
• Infections
• Worms and parasites

It’s so painful for us when our furry friends are in pain, and it can be so frustrating when it seems like there’s nothing we can do. One of the most rewarding parts of working with noni is seeing the results it brings to people’s beloved pets, often extending their lives with happy, healthy years.

Want to Learn How Noni Fruit Leather Can Improve the Quality of life for your pets? Read the Full Version Here

Has your pet benefited from taking noni fruit leather? Let us know in the comments!

Summer Skin Part 4: Harmful Chemicals in Cosmetics

Spending lots of time outside in nature is one of the best parts of summer. But summertime also has lots of dangers for your skin. Good thing Hawaiian Organic Noni is here to help! Here’s another way that our Noni lotions can keep your skin healthy this summer.

Many people use cosmetics, especially shaving cream and antiperspirants, frequently in the summer to feel fresh, clean, and well-groomed in the heat. But shaving cream and antiperspirants are oftenfull of harmful chemicals that can cause serious health problems.

Here are some facts you might not know about these everyday cosmetics. We’ll also share how you can use our nourishing Noni Lavender Lotion as a toxin-free, organic alternative.

Why Do Chemicals in Cosmetics Matter?

Your skin is your largest organ, and the most vulnerable. While it is waterproof, it allows for the absorption of many other things, good and bad. This means that it is very important that we watch what we put on our skin, and make sure our cosmetics are free from harmful chemicals.

Shaving cream and antiperspirant are two of the biggest culprits, and they are the best at penetrating into the skin, bloodstream, and endocrine system to do serious damage.

You apply shaving cream to warm, moist skin, so your pores are fully open. As you shave, you exfoliate away the top layer of skin, leaving fresh new skin exposed to the harsh chemicals. You’re also likely to get micro-cuts in your skin, where chemicals can enter your bloodstream.

Antiperspirant is especially dangerous because you apply it to an area with two major lymph glandsunder the skin. Chemicals can easily enter the bloodstream and interfere with hormonal functioning.

What’s in Shaving Cream and Antiperspirant?

What toxins are threatening you from the depths of your shaving cream can? What side effects could your daily application of antiperspirant cause? Have you ever actually looked at the label for yourself?

Shaving Cream

Although pressurized shaving cream no longer contains chlorofluorocarbons, most formulas still include plenty of chemicals which can negatively impact your health.

Here are just a few examples:

• Ethanoalamines (TEA, DEA, MEA): These foaming agents, which can be readily absorbed into the skin, may disrupt hormones, and can form cancer-causing nitrates and nitrosamines. They are also known skin and respiratory irritants.
• Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate: This chemical is an inexpensive and effective foaming agent. Itirritates the skin, is toxic to your organs, and is linked to cell mutation leading to cancer.
• Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT): This preservative was rated the 37th most toxic chemicalby the Federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in 1992. It can cause skin, eye and lung irritation, hormone disruption, and is potentially carcinogenic.

Antiperspirant

The toxic ingredients in most antiperspirant formulas can have a big impact on the body. Here are some of the most harmful chemicals in antiperspirants:

• Aluminum: You’ve no doubt heard of the dangers of aluminum in antiperspirants. There is significant evidence linking this heavy metal to Alzheimers and breast cancer.
• Triclosan: This antimicrobial chemical is a skin irritant, may disrupt thyroid function, and has been shown to affect other critical hormone systems. The American Medical Association advises that triclosan products not be used in the home, yet triclosan is still in many antiperspirants.
• Talc: This soft mineral is used as an absorbent and color additive. If talc contains asbestiform fibers, it is highly carcinogenic. Brands are not required to say whether these fibers are present in the cosmetic grade talc they use, and cosmetic talc is totally unregulated.

Other Harmful Chemicals

Both antiperspirant and shaving cream often contain:

• Parabens: Preservatives linked to breast cancer in women.
• Glycols: Moisturizers that irritate the skin and may contribute to blood and kidney disease.
• Parfum (Fragrances): Many of the chemicals used to make fragrances are untested, either in isolation or in combination. A few are associated with neurotoxicity and cancer.

It’s frightening what you can find in your bathroom cabinet! Why take the risk when there are safer alternatives readily available?

Keeping Safe from Harmful Chemicals in Cosmetics

The only way to keep yourself and your family safe from the toxins in cosmetics is to be vigilant about reading labels. Wherever you can, look for clean, nontoxic alternatives to products.

Finding replacements for antiperspirants and shaving cream should be a top priority, because they are both applied to sensitive skin and can easily enter the bloodstream.

There are lots of natural, organic brands that sell nontoxic, natural cosmetics, including deodorant and shaving cream, but don’t trust health claims that can’t be backed up.

• Check ingredient labels yourself
• Research brands’ philosophies, practices, and histories
• Look for reputable third-party certifications

The more you educate yourself, the easier it will be to eliminate toxic cosmetics and other products. You’ll be able to look for products that aren’t just “not harmful,” but which truly promote the health of you and your family.

How to Use Noni Lavender Lotion as a Replacement:

My family has devoted itself to cultivating and sharing the power of Noni fruit, and we’re constantly amazed at the countless ways it can be used.

We recently found, from our family of customers and our own experimentation, that our Noni Lavender Lotion can be used as both an antiperspirant and a shaving lotion. Not only is it a chemical-free, organic replacement, but it actually nourishes the skin, soothes irritation and permanently improves its quality over time. As an added benefit research has shown noni pulp to contain collagen which is also anti-wrinkling.

Here’s how to use Noni Lavender Lotion:

As a Shaving Lotion

1. Apply a liberal coat of Noni Lavender Lotion to the skin to be shaved
2. Shave the skin as normal
3. Experience the smooth lubrication of the razor and the all-natural scent—who needs foam?
4. Rinse the area, apply a second coat of lotion, and let it dry or keep rubbing to exfoliate
5. Enjoy total freedom from post-shave stinging or razor burn

As an Antiperspirant

1. Apply a coat of Noni Lavender Lotion to the armpits
2. Let it dry, and enjoy all-natural relief from excessive sweating and odor

You can rest assured that the main ingredient noni is grown, processed, and shipped from our small, organic family farm. You can also look for yourself and see a short list of identifiable ingredients: Noni pulp, grapefruit seed extract, Lavender and water. The grapefruit seed extract is from a steamed extraction process not a chemical extraction process and the Lavender is a true organic French Lavender of the finest quality.

Click Here to Learn About the Benefits of Using Noni

Have you used Noni Lavender Lotion as a shaving lotion or antiperspirant? Let us know how it worked!

Summer Skin Part 3: Treating Bug Bites with Noni

Spending lots of time outside in nature is one of the best parts of summer. But summertime also has lots of dangers for your skin. Good thing Hawaiian Organic Noni is here to help! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing all kinds of ways that our Noni lotions and Noni Fruit Leather can keep your skin healthy this summer.

This time, we’re discussing one of the most annoying summer skin problems: insect bites. These irritating, painful bumps go away on their own, but we’ll share how to help them heal faster, andsoothe the skin in the meantime.

What Happens When You Get a Bug Bite?

Bug bites are irritating and painful not so much because of the bite or sting itself, but because of your immune system’s response to the saliva or venom they leave behind.

Mosquitoes, flies, and ticks bite so that they can drink your blood. Though we have the blood to spare, they sometimes leave behind parasites or diseases, and they always leave behind an itchy, annoying bite mark. This is because most flies and mosquitoes inject their saliva when they bite you, in order to numb you to the pain of the bite and keep your blood vessels open.

Bees, wasps, and spiders inject you with venom rather than saliva. The venom is meant to discourage predators from harming their hives, and bees on their own away from the hive will only sting if very provoked.

Whether from a sting or a bite, the venom or saliva injected into the wound causes an immune response to happen in your skin. Everyone’s immune system is different, and some people are more sensitive to certain bug bites or stings than others, but here are the basic symptoms for the most common types of bug bites.

Symptoms:

• Fly and Mosquito Bites: Small raised bumps, which are very itchy and will turn red if you’ve been itching them. The time it takes them to go away depends on your immune system, and how you treat the bite.
• Tick Bites: You may see the body of the tick, or just a red rash that looks like a bulls eye.
• Spider Bites: There’s a wide variety of different types of bite marks. Most spider bites are harmless (and indeed, most bites people assume are spider bites are not!), but if you experience other symptoms like cramping, excessive sweating, growing pain, or if your skin starts turning dark red, see a doctor.
• Bee and Wasp Stings: While most bees and wasps (though not all) sting instead of bite, they leave very similar marks on the skin. Usually they’re a hole surrounded by a tiny bump, which may burn and itch. You’ll only need a doctor or medication if you’re severely allergic.

Most bug bites or stings will only be bothersome for a few days at the maximum, unless you are very allergic. But they can be very annoying during that time! That’s why we recommend using Noni to soothe the itching and pain.

Read the Full Version and Learn What to Do if You Get Bitten or Stung

How to Use Noni to Heal Bug Bites

For any type of bug bite or sting, Noni can speed up the healing process and make things more bearable in the meantime.

You can use either our Noni Lavender Lotion or our Instant Noni Aloe BioBandage on bug bites. We don’t recommend either of the Icy Heat formulas for bug bites, as it could cause a sting.

Using Noni Lavender Lotion

Simply apply a small amount of lotion to the bite or bites, and to the surrounding itchy area. You can apply this several times a day for maximum effectiveness. The noni and lavender in this formula helps soothe the skin and reduce itching and inflammation.

Click here to learn more about Noni Lavender Lotion.

Using Instant Noni Aloe BioBandage

Apply the BioBandage formula to the bug bite or bites, where it will adhere gently to the skin. While it’s on your skin, it will continue to heal and soothe. This formula contains aloe, which can cool inflammation, as well as rosemary oil, which is often used for pain relief. Noni is the best anti-inflammatory and pain reliever.

Click here to learn more about Instant Noni Aloe BioBandage.

Why Does Noni Help?

Noni contains beneficial compounds that can penetrate into the skin to heal at the source. It prevents infection, reduces swelling, relieves pain, and speeds healing.

In particular, the compound scopoletin, found in Noni, is being actively researched for its pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory properties. It can also act as an antibacterial agent.

Overall, Noni should leave your bites or stings feeling less itchy, less hot, and less inflamed, all of which hopefully means less scratching. Minimizing scratching helps your bumps heal faster, itch less, and reduces the risk of them scarring.

From our experience on our organic family farm, with 45 bee hives and millions of bees, we do get accidentally stung occasionally. We immediately apply the Noni Lavender Lotion to take the sting away and reduce any swelling- works great!

Bug bites and stings are rarely dangerous, but they are annoying. Keep Noni on hand to soothe you and your family’s skin this summer. Everyone will thank you for this natural, soothing remedy.

Summer Skin Part 2: Treating Sunburn and Preventing Sun Damage

Spending lots of time outside in nature is one of the best parts of summer. But summertime also has lots of dangers for your skin. Good thing Hawaiian Organic Noni is here to help! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing all kinds of ways that our Noni lotions and Noni Fruit Leather.  Noni lotion can keep your skin healthy this summer.

This time, we’re covering the most common type of summer skin damage: the sunburn. Here are some facts you might not know about sunburn, and how to use noni to heal and protect your skin from sun damage. The results? Healthy, youthful skin, for many years to come.

What is a Sunburn?

Sunlight is made up of radiation and heat coming from the sun in the form of electromagnetic waves. It is a combination of mostly infrared, visible, and ultraviolet (UV) light. These waves bring us light and heat, which we need to survive on Earth. A lot of the sun’s most intense rays are blocked by Earth’s atmosphere, but plenty of all three kinds of light get through.

Being exposed to sunlight is good and bad for the body. Exposure to UV light from the sun helps the body make its own Vitamin D, but it also damages the DNA of skin cells, resulting in sunburn.

Sunburn can occur in less than 15 minutes of sun exposure, but you’re unlikely to see the signs right away.

Symptoms can include:

• Pink or red skin that is hot to the touch
• Pain in varying degrees
• Peeling as the skin heals
• Very severe sunburns involve blistering, nausea, fever, and worse

Normally, sunburns appear 2-6 hours after exposure to the sun, with the worst pain during the 6-48 hours after the burn. Peeling, itching, and lesser degrees of pain can last for several weeks.

Learn about the Long-Term Effects of Sun Damage here

Preventing Sunburn

Because of the severe damage the sun can do to your skin, preventing sunburn is very important.

Immediately Before Sun Exposure

• Wear sunscreen! Particularly on your face, but anywhere skin is exposed
• Cover your skin with clothing as much as possible while staying comfortable
• Put on a hat with a brim to protect your face and the back of your neck
• Put on sunglasses—your eyeballs can get sunburned too!

While in the Sun

• Seek shade as much as possible
• Reapply sunscreen 15-30 minutes into sun exposure
• Reapply if you sweat, swim, or might have rubbed sunscreen off

When to be Extra Cautious

• Between 11am and 3pm, the sun’s rays are most direct
• In the summer, the sun is also more direct
• At high altitude, there is less atmosphere to protect your skin
• If you have been sunburned recently

Long-Term Sun Protection

There is evidence to show that a diet high in certain dietary antioxidants, including Vitamins C, E, and A, can protect against some degree of UV exposure. This only works when these antioxidants are a part of your diet over a period of time.

Hawaiian Organic Noni Fruit Leather is extremely high in antioxidants. Eating just a small piece ofNoni Fruit Leather each day can repair and protect against sun damage, fine lines, discoloration, and other common forms of damage from UV rays.

Note: Noni is NOT a sunscreen replacement!

What to Do If You Get a Sunburn

No matter how careful you are, pretty much everyone gets too much sun sometimes. If you notice your skin starting to turn pink, or if you’ve been out in the sun unprotected, taking action quickly can help minimize the sunburn.

First, get out of the sun, right away! Drink plenty of water, as you may become dehydrated.

Cold compresses or a cool bath can help reduce inflammation. Avoid greasy lotions, as these can actually slow down the healing by trapping heat close to the skin.

Water-based lotions, like our Noni Lavender Lotion, won’t slow the healing. They hydrate the skinwithout trapping heat. Noni Lotions also help relieve the pain of the sunburn and reduce the long-term sun damage.

In Lavender Noni Lotion

• Scopoletin: Pain relief, anti-inflammatory
• Vitamin C: Erases age spots, prevents future sun damage
• Antioxidants: Reduce breakdown of collagen and fats in skin, free radicals
• Collagen: Reduce wrinkles and

Click here to learn more about Noni Lavender Lotion.

In IcyHeat Noni Lotion

• All the same benefits of Noni Lavender Lotion
• Plus cooling from added camphor oil and menthol crystals

Click here to learn more about IcyHeat Noni Lotion.

Here’s another tip: if you “missed a spot” with sunscreen and have one small area that’s burned pretty badly, try putting Noni BioBandage on it! The formula stays on your skin, to deliver pain relief and healing more intensely for a longer period of time.

Click here to learn more about Noni BioBandage.

Testimonials

We have countless testimonials of awesome healing from sunburns and sun damage through Noni.

Here’s a testimonial we’ve had on our site for a long time, from Dana Baca.

"I was told about the Noni Fruit Leather. Of course, I bought a pack, but wanted to store for our trip home. Since we have been home, and taking 'one inch piece' each and every day, the results have been amazing. Not only for his knee, but his skin. His skin has a lot of Sun damage, (real bad BLACK sun damage Spots). Now the Sun spots are turning WHITE and disappearing. Thank you, Thank you for God's Gift to this earth and making a pure product."

“Gubby Loves The Noni Lavender Lotion” on her Horses and Herself

“Hi, this is Gubby, and I live on Kauia.  I just wanted to mention how that the Noni Lavender Lotion and the Noni BioBandage have been used on my horse and the horses stabled here on the island.  We’ve had great results using them on wounds, or if the horses have any saddle sores or fly bites.  We put that BioBandange on and, boy or boy, that stuff lasts for a day or two, easily, and it’s very healing.  The skin grows back, the hair grows back and the horses aren’t bothered by flies during the healing process.  I’ve use it on my horses feet a great deal.  He had a cut to the bulb of his frog, and it’s healing beautifully, and it’s all I used.  I didn’t have to use any antibiotics.  The other thing that I love about the Noni products is that they are not, in any way, shape, or from harmful to the environment.  I can put it on my hands.  If I ate it, it wouldn’t harm me.  As far as the Noni Lavender Lotion, I have had fantastic results.  I have people ask me about my skin.  I have lived in the sun all of my life, and the Noni Lavender Lotion is working beautifully on helping my skin.  Even takes some of the dark spots out!!”

Gubby from Kauai, Hawaii

If you’d like to hear more success stories, you can visit our website or contact us. People all over the world have benefitted from Noni’s ability to protect and heal the skin from sun damage, and they have been since the ancient Polynesians began using it as a topical skin treatment.

Keep some Noni Lavender Lotion on hand this summer in case you’re exposed to too much sun, and keep checking back for other ways Noni can protect your skin this summer!

Have you ever used Noni to heal from sun damage? What were your results? Let us know in the comments!

Summer Skin Part 1: Treating Poison Oak, Ivy, and Sumac with Noni

Spending lots of time outside in nature is one of the best parts of summer. But summertime also has lots of dangers for your skin. Good thing Hawaiian Organic Noni is here to help! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing all kinds of ways that our Noni lotions and fruit leathers Noni lotion can keep your skin healthy this summer.

Today, we’ll cover a summertime skin woe that plagues many people: poison plant allergies. Here are some facts you might not know about poison oak, ivy, and sumac, and an awesome treatment that can help your skin heal faster and reduce your allergic response over time.

What is a Poison Oak Allergy?

Poison oak, ivy, and sumac all contain an irritating, oily sap called urushiol. The poisonous substance is in the leaves, stem, and roots of the plants, whether dead or alive, and can be released into the air if burned.

When human skin comes into contact with urushiol, an allergic reaction is often triggered within 24-72 hours.

Symptoms can include:

• Redness and itching of the skin
• Swelling
• A rash, in a pattern of streaks or patches
• Red bumps (called papules) or large, oozing blisters
• Rash may crust over

They symptoms usually last for 5-12 days, but in severe cases, the rash can last 30 days or longer.

Most people are allergic to urushiol, but many people don’t get a reaction the first few times they come into contact with the plant. It’s often an allergy that gets worse with each exposure, and many people become very severely allergic.

How Do People Get Exposed?

People can be exposed to poison oak, ivy, and sumac in a variety of ways:

• Direct contact with the plant while hiking
• Touching gear that was in contact (tool handles, camping equipment, clothing)
• Touching pets that contacted poison plants (many pets don’t get a reaction)

The rash can also spread to other parts of your body if you touch the contaminated part of your skin to an uncontaminated area shortly after contact.

Preventing Poison Plant Exposure

The best way to prevent exposure to poison plants is to know what the plants look like so you can avoid contact with them. If you’re in an area with poison plants, cover your skin as much as possible and keep pets on leashes.

How to Identify Poison Oak, Ivy, and Sumac

Pacific and Atlantic Poison Oak

• Pacific variety found in western North America’s conifer and broadleaf forests, grasslands, and chaparral biomes. Atlantic variety found in southeastern United States.
• Tall shrub or treelike vine
• Leaves divided into three leaflets with scalloped or lobed edges (like oak leaves)
• In summer, leaves are usually bright red or pink
• Greenish-white or tan berries

Poison Ivy

• Grows throughout much of North America, east of the Rocky Mountains
• Leaves divided into three almond-shaped leaflets that are shiny green in summer and bright red in fall
• Grows on vines which attach to tree trunks, often with darkened dried sap visible
• Berries are grayish-white
• Similar species “Western Poison Ivy” is a shrub rather than a vine and grows west of the Rocky Mountains, but the leaves are very similar

Poison Sumac

• Grows in very wet or flooded soils in eastern North America
• Shrub or small tree
• Clusters of 7-13 leaflets with oblong leaves, tapering to sharp point with a wedge-shaped base
• Stems along leaflets are red, and the leaves often have a reddish tint
• Berries are creamy white and form in clusters

What to Do If You’re Exposed

If you think you might have been exposed to one of these poison plants, acting quickly (within 10 minutes!) can help minimize your reaction.

• Remove clothes
• Wash all exposed areas with water and soap if possible
• Wash clothing and all gear that might have come in contact

Click Here to Learn How to Soothe a Poison Plant Rash Using Our Lavender Noni Lotion or Noni Bio Bandage

Testimonials

Steve has a good friend on the mainland with an unusually severe poison oak allergy. It was so bad that just driving through an area with poison oak plants would cause her to break out in a rash. For years, she used the Lavender Noni Lotion to relieve the rash. Eventually, she started taking the fruit leather and was able to greatly reduce her allergic sensitivity. She now can go hiking in the woods with poison oak around and doesn't break out anymore.

We also just got this email testimonial:

“I wanted to thank you for such a quality and effective product line. I have been using 3 of your products for many years. For the past 2 years, the noni aloe bandage has stood out. I have used it after being exposed to poison ivy and poison oak. It literally has stopped the itch and the rash overnight and within a day. . . . Thank you again for your products.”

Clearly, Noni fruit has powerful abilities to combat poison plant reactions. Keep some on hand this summer in case you’re exposed to one of these plants, and keep checking back for other ways Noni can protect your skin this summer!

Have you used Noni to treat poison plant reactions? How do you soothe rashes from poison ivy, oak, or sumac? Let us know in the comments!

Organic Agriculture: Mimicking Nature’s Ways

Humanity’s first farmers took their instruction from nature. They watched how the Earth provided water, nutrients, and pest protection to plants through intricate systems, and they learned to breed plants naturally to get the varieties they wanted.

Humans started out making small interventions to nature’s plants and ecosystems, which made a big difference to their lives.

Today, industrial agriculture makes massive interventions. Acres upon acres of land are cleared, tilled, fertilized, spray with pesticides, flooded, and planted season after season.

The environmental costs have continued to rise, while the returns have been diminishing for over a century. We’ve done a lot of damage to the natural systems on Earth that make life possible.

Organic agriculture is about returning to the philosophy of small intervention—of working with nature instead of against it. It’s about taking responsibility for the damage we’ve done to the Earth, and recognizing that nature’s way is often the best way.

Here are a few of the ways we at Hawaiian Organic Noni mimic what nature does naturally.

Accessing Water

In nature, where there is water, plants soon follow. The location for the plants is determined by the availability of water. But we humans like to have our plants where we want them, so it becomes a question of bringing the water to the plants.

On our organic farm, we use solar voltaic power to bring water up out of the ground to irrigate our noni trees. We then collect mulch and drip irrigate to conserve this water, making sure that there’s no waste, and allow the excess to seep back down into the water table.

Really, we’re just imitating the water cycle, which is nature’s way of moving water around on Earth. In nature, the sun evaporates water from lakes and oceans so it can be redistributed in the form of rain. We use the sun to pull water from the ground and distribute it—not so different!

Read the full version to learn about nature’s natural pest management system

Soil Fertility

Natural ecosystems are great at fertilizing themselves. Usually soil is fertilized through many complex processes of growth and decomposition, as nutrients are cycled from the soil to plants and animals and back again.

Organic farmers imitate this process of natural fertilization in several ways.

Vermicomposting

On our farm, we have tons of wild worms in the soil, but we also farm worms. We simply put the worms in a closed environment and let them do what they do in nature, just on a larger scale. They break down food scraps and other compostables by digesting them. We then collect the “castings” (aka worm poop) which is rich in nutrients. Then we spread this around the farm. It’s an amazingly effective fertilizer!

Traditional Composting

We also do traditional composting on the farm. We make a big pile of organic matter—food scraps, paper, cardboard, wood shavings, leaves, etc.—and let the bacteria go to work. We have learned to turn our piles every other day adding air and water to feed the beneficial bacterium. It’s an acceleration of a process that happens in nature over a long period of time. When the compost is broken down, it becomes a substance called humus, which is essential for healthy, living soil.

Compost Tea

We also make compost tea on the farm. This tea is not for drinking. It’s for spraying on the leaves of plants. Compost tea is a liquid fertilizer that helps us stretch our supplies of compost farther. Again, we aerate our compost tea injecting oxygen into the tea when making to feed the beneficial bacterium. The result is a more potent compost tea to feed the Noni leaves.

Mulching

Another way that we preserve soil fertility is by mulching. Mulching imitates the natural cycle of leaves, wood, and other plant matter building up on the ground to cover the soil. This helps maintain soil temperature, provides habitat for insects and other animals, and keeps moisture from evaporating. Our Noni orchards are worm “hotels” due to the thick mulching around every tree.

No Till System

One final way we keep our soil fertile is by using a no till system. Tilling means turning the soil over, so it’s easier for farmers to dig into, start new plants, and weed. The problem is, tilling disturbs the living things in the soil, releases carbon, oxygen, and water into the air, and gives weed seeds the chance to germinate. We don’t till the soil on our farm, to preserve the fertility of the land.

Diversity

Diversity is a major principle of organic farming, and it’s inspired by nature. In the natural world, you almost never see a monoculture—that is, an ecosystem made up of only one kind of plant or animal.

There’s a practical reason for this. An ecosystem made of only one organism is very unstable, prone to disease and pests, and destructive to the land.

We grow a lot of noni on our farm, but we’re careful to ensure there’s a wide variety of plants and animals on our land. That includes tons of tropical fruit trees, coconuts, flowers, honeybees, chickens, worms, insects, and many more.

Using Nature for Healing

Nature has given us tons of plants to heal ourselves, including noni fruit. Many people don’t take advantage of nature’s bounty, but we’re on a mission to educate the world about the amazing healing benefits nature offers us through noni. This natural medicine has been tested by centuries of use by ancient Polynesians and native Hawaiians as a natural preventative to maintain good health, and we’re proud to continue the tradition.

We’re returning to nature’s way by healing ourselves naturally, caring for the land, and taking advantage of the cycles that nature has perfected over thousands of years.