I started Good Flower Farm in 2014 with a pound or so of coconut oil, shea butter, & beeswax: launching our best-selling organic lip balms via our small Etsy shop. I had become increasingly interested in sustainable living over the previous decade, and wanted to do my part in sourcing & creating the healthiest body care products I could. I worked full-time in sustainability/environmental education for high schoolers while slowly growing the brand. Over the years, we have grown to a full line of organic skincare products - from facial creams & serums to deodorants to herbal salves to a baby line in honor of my daughter born in 2021. We went from selling on Etsy to selling at many farmers markets & events in our previous home of Nashville, to selling exclusively wholesale and online, to now having our own retail shop in our new home of Bayfield, Wisconsin. Our line of products is now carried in nearly 200 stores across the country, including Anthropologie, sold online via our website, and in our retail shop. Two previous Kiva loans helped us rebrand (2020) and build out a more functional & spacious production space (2021).