International Essential Oils Day is right around the corner. This year we’re celebrating the 30-year anniversary of our St. Maries Lavender Farm and Distillery—the place where it all began! Mary Young will be on site to give an address and lead the festivities. Learn more about the event and where some of your favorite products are grown in this episode featuring Brett Packer, Young Living’s Executive Director of Farms.

Your favorite podcast host debuted a new line of summer-inspired essential oil blends last week at the U.S. & Canada Convention. Made for easy, breezy diffusing all season long, these blends offer a clean, sun-sational alternative to your favorite candles and air fresheners. Listen in as Jacob and Kait Young discuss the inspiration and story behind the blends with scientist Scott Christian.

Gary Young’s search for purpose driven oils can be traced down to 13 original oils brought back from Geneva, Switzerland. And Karen Boren, Young Living’s historian, has gone through pages of notes and years of history to find which of the hundreds of oils in the Young Living collection were those original 13. Rosemary, Lavender, Frankincense…and I guess you’ll have to tune in to find out the rest.

Kelly Case is Young Living’s Chief of Staff and has been working with Gary and Mary Young for 22 years. That spans multiple buildings, many trips, and so many essential products. She’s also been around to see the raising of two great young men, one of whom is wearing many hats in the company including podcast host. Today Kelly shares some insight and what is it about a company in this modern world that can keep someone around for over two decades.

Gary Young was always on a mission to find natural products. The ancient grain of the Bible had to be different, simpler and easier to digest, than modern processed wheat. Today on the YL Drop, hear the serendipitous story about Gary finding Einkorn and some of its many uses. And don’t forget to try Young Living’s new Einkorn Crunch!

Young Living Global Headquarters sits on Sandalwood Drive. The native Sandalwood trees in Hawaii provide valuable oil, but must be handled responsibly. Justin Lee with Háloa ‘Áina joins the podcast today to give perspective on the reforestation effort and the ethical treatment of the dryland.

We are so excited to be back in person for Young Living Convention this year that we are talking about it everywhere, including the YL Drop. Today Brittani Lambert, the VP of Events at Young Living and the woman that has seen more conventions than just about anyone stops by the studio to talk about how preparing for this year was different than ever before. She also reminisces with Jacob about some of the best convention moments through the years.

When you pick up a bottle of Young Living’s Lavender essential oil you can trust it was made using lavender. But what about the oils with names like Peace & Calming or Abundance? How did Gary come up with the oil combinations for these proprietary blends? Young Living’s Master Blender Rex Kidman is on the show today to share some personal stories about the early days blending with Gary Young and some of his process now as he helps formulate the products you use every day.

Saving the bees is a good cause, but which bees are in danger? And what could you and I do? Young Living has a new friend of the podcast, Dr. Joseph Wilson who has made it his mission to educate people on bees. He is an entomologist at Utah State University and founder of the Native Pollinator Project. Oils come from plants and plants need healthy happy bees. You can check out his Ted Talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVDXD3oyMJg. (Link for YouTube description only thanks)

When we say Seed to Seal at Young Living it means that the products you receive to your home were produced, developed, and sent with the greatest of care. The 3 pillars of Seed to Seal are Sourcing, Science, and Standard. We have discussed the first two on previous podcasts, and today it is time to break down the standards. Rich Carlson is the Executive Director of Research and he is joined by Jessica Rogers, the Product Claims and Substantiation Director. Young Living sets high standards for ourselves in bringing you premium essential oils.