Nettle - Certified OG

Nettle aerial parts

Urtica dioica

Certified Organic by MOFGA and grown regeneratively by one of the Meeting House Farm Collaborative Farms.

Plants are dried immediately after harvest in an on-farm organic certified drying facility to maximize potency and preserve quality.

Extracts are a 1:2 ratio of Fresh Aerial Parts in Alcohol. Ingredients: Urtica dioica*‡, Distilled Maine Alcohol*, spring water. // *certified organic, ‡grown at Meeting House Farm.

We typically harvest Nettle in May/June.

In the Apothecary:

Preparations: Extract of fresh leaves in alcohol.  Water infusion of fresh or dried leaves.

Uses: Circulatory system support. 

Energetics:  Cooling & Drying

Tastes: Mineral, rich, buttery, grassy

Herbal Action:  Nutritive, mineral rich - especially in iron.  Diuretic; anti-inflammatory; antihistamine; supports the blood in removing toxins.

From our Experience:

Our favorite spring treat is nettle risotto.  Or, for a mineral rich food source to help you emerge from winter's hibernation, use nettles like you would spinach in spring recipes.