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The Spa at The Boar’s Head
Charlottesville, Virginia

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hen visiting The Spa at The Boar’s Head, a guest
may enjoy a warm pumpkin latte with their spiced
pumpkin cream body wrap, perhaps without even
knowing the pumpkin was sourced from just a few miles down
the road.
The Spa at The Boar’s Head Spa Supervisor Janelle Walker
says, aside from pumpkins, they also locally source a variety of
products that range from apples, tomatoes, grapes, salts, herbs
and lettuce.
“We incorporated this farm partnership into the spa as an
amenity to benefit our guests. We strive to utilize the best products available for the pampering and application to the skin,”
explains Walker. “Many of these products are organic, and it only
makes sense to offer the freshest, organic, locally grown products
available for our guests to put into their bodies.”
Walker feels it is their responsibility as a spa to provide the
best ingredients to their guests. “This culinary partnership goes to
the core of who we are: a resort doing the very best job we can
to provide the customer with authentic and healthful experiences
that we hope will turn into longstanding family traditions.”
Not only is this partnership valuable to the spa and farm, it is
also rewarding to the customer. “The value this partnership brings
to our customers is beyond services rendered and monetary compensation. We hope these experiences will evoke a renewed
sense of serenity again and again each time guests smell lavender
or taste a warm pumpkin latte.”

Teatulia Organic Single
Garden Teas
Denver, Colorado

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The Boar’s Head Resort and Chris Scott Photography

eatulia Organic Single Garden Teas works directly with a
single USDA-certified organic garden in northern
Bangladesh. According to Sales & Marketing Manager
Brittany Balzen, the company benefits from this direct partnership
because they are able to bypass any middle man. “There is no
middle man or long-term warehouse storage. Our tea is delivered
fresh and the customer knows exactly where it comes from.”
Teatulia’s commitment to Bangladesh started as a commitment to provide jobs for the men and women in that country,
who cultivate the tea. Teatulia eventually took it a step further
with the establishment of the Teatulia Cooperative which
creates education, health and cattle-lending programs for the
people working in the garden and surrounding areas.
Balzen explains, “All of our teas, black, green and white,
and herbs, lemongrass, peppermint, and ginger, come from our
very own garden in Bangladesh. We knew that no other tea
company was focused on a single garden and that is one of the
things that set us apart. It gives us accountability.” n

“Our teas...come from
our very own garden
in Bangladesh.”

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