“Where the world’s finest teas meet Leelanau’s home-grown flowers, herbs and fruit. Blended locally. Enjoyed everywhere.”

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Dunegrass Festival, Traverse Magazine article, Tea in Light of Day’s gardens…

We are a Northern Michigan company, located in gorgeous Leelanau County, about 8 miles from Lake Michigan and from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Our company was founded by a Traverse City Mom. Her background in Holistic health, as both Registered Nurse, and Horticulturalist, plus her own positive experience utilizing gentle, natural rhythms to restore balance in her own life as she managed an auto-immune disease she was experiencing, played an integral role in the creation of each and every blend of Tea. She believes that a holistic approach is the most effective way to restore optimal health and a sense of well being.

We believe in honest tea and honest advertising here. This means supporting local and foreign farmers through Fair Trade practices, growing and buying only 100% certified Organic and Fair trade certified Tea leaves, herbs, fruit, flowers, roots, bark, berries, mushrooms and seeds, then blending our finished product ourselves right here. We wanted to make sure that taste wasn’t the only thing to feel good about.

We honor all of those involved in bringing this extremely labor-intensive crop from the fields to our cup: paying them a proper wage, and encouraging the spiritual sacredness of the family unit and community. We love our neighbors by keeping the cash flow local whenever possible and by always purchasing domestic products first.

Our land: Our team of experienced Master Gardeners and Nurserymen have been growing organic herbs and flowers in the area since 1996. Our certified Organic land is also certified Biodymanic (Demeter). Our team members live a “Green” lifestyle, and we strive to promote other companies that support an ecologically sound alternative. We were named “Green Pioneers” in this area, and our founder, Angela Macke, was awarded the designation of “Environmentalist of the Year for business,” and “Person to Watch 2009″ in the Traverse City Business News. (Please see PRESS COLLECTION.) We are a Michigan Small Business of the Year this year (2008-9). We are approved members of COOP Green America and licensed Transfair U.S.A partners.

Conscientious packaging: We believe in presenting these products in their most natural, loose form. They have been packaged in lovely, domestically-manufactured, polished silver tins to protect them from the elements. We used a local designer, and local printer for labels and packaging needs.

Production: Our products are grown organically and biodynamically, then hand- harvested, dried in our licensed commercial farm kitchen, then packaged with great care–with the positive intention and prayer for  your well being. We blend all of our private recipe teas in small batches to promote consistency and maximize freshness.

It is Light of Day’s sincere intention that you may enjoy balance: with superb health, inner peace, joyfulness, and remain on a path that will benefit the greater good with all that you do. We hope that you will discover, and hopefully learn to cherish, the ancient ritual of having a “spot of tea.”

For us, Tea is more than a life-enriching beverage…it is a representation of the conscious choice to live simply, and to live each day with integrity. To us, integrity means ensuring the highest quality of Tea for you and life for those who bring it to us.

Thank you for visiting us….

“Come, sit back, sip your tea, and just appreciate the wonder of every created thing.”

www.lightofdayorganics.com

A few words about loose leaf tea…

-One pound of loose tea yields about 200 cups.
-One ounce of tea yields 15-25 servings, dependent upon taste preference.
-A warmer cup….please note that Light of Day produces products made with 100% certified organic ingredients, and our Tea leaves are Fair trade certified. All ingredients are certified organic by Stellar certification services, and Trans Fair is the certifying agent for our Fair Trade teas.

Privacy: Again, rest assured your personal information is safe with us. We adhere to a strict privacy policy that means your information will not be shared, sold, or otherwise distributed.

Our Phone/fax: 231- 228-7234

WHOLESALE INQUIRIES: please contact us at: orders@lightofdayorganics, and request “wholesale application”.

Fair trade resources:http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/fairtrade/resources.cfm

http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/fairtrade/orderguide.cfm