Asheville area natural products industry on the rise - 1 views
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Western North Carolina is not just where the wild things grow, but home to a growing number of businesses using technology to turn those native plants into consumer products.
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Blue Ridge has added a natural products manufacturing line to help small start-ups venturing into skin care, cosmetics and even dietary supplements. This market relies on rigorous manufacturing standards, quality testing in high-tech labs, and carefully documenting ingredients through the process.
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WNC is now home to this industry that goes all the way from the field from people growing and harvesting plants to manufacturers processing materials at Blue Ridge Food Ventures, to quality testing at A-B Tech and the U.S. Botanical Safety Lab, all the way to the market,”
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