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Position Available - Natural Beauty Therapist
We have a part-time position available in our beauty retreat for an experienced beauty therapist and pampering expert.
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'The Herb Farm Miss Teen Manawatu'
We are the proud naming sponsors of the Miss Teen Manawatu Event 2011.
We are passionate about educating and helping the young people of today and this is a fanatstic opportunity to help make a difference in young women's lives.
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the herb farm on TV
Check out the story on 'Toxic Beauty' by clicking here

Sunday Star Times
"Is your skincare harming you?"
Read the article about the new book 'Toxic Beauty' and also quotes from Sarah Cowan (the herb farm) at http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/beauty/1749590/Is-your-skincare-harming-you

the herb farm in the press

the herb farm media

From the first seed of the concept of the Herb Farm, our business has attracted media attention. Lynn Kirkland, the founder of the Herb Farm, appeared on the front page of our local newspaper in 1992 with the caption 'Herb business will grow', a prediction that has come true. National coverage followed when, having been open for only one year, the Herb Farm won the category of "Best New Enterprise" in the 1993 Manawatu Business Awards.

Over the last seventeen years articles on the Herb Farm have been published in New Zealand magazines, including Next, Cuisine, New Zealand Gardener, Café and Essentially Food. Overseas tourist operators and media have visited the Herb Farm, and we have appeared in magazines or newspapers in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and Singapore. TV crews have come from Korea, Japan, Thailand and Taiwan and have enjoyed sharing the sensory experience of the Herb Farm with millions of viewers. We have been on television in New Zealand also, when Bill Ward visited with the crew from Palmers Garden Show and on Campbell Live in 2009.

Lynn's expertise and passion for the world of herbs combined with her love of writing has developed into contributions to magazines and newspapers. She was a regular writer in the Manawatu Standard for many years, sharing anecdotes and hints about gardening with herbs with the local readers. The Weekend Gardener magazine has published Lynn's articles fortnightly on a regular basis. Lynn was also a regular on the local radio station.

The herb farm also works closely with Beauty Editors of New Zealand Magazines and has received extensive product placements and articles in magazines and websites from Uno, New Idea, NZ Weddings, Woman's Day, New Idea, Her Magazine, NZ Bride and Groom, Girlfriend, Creme, Dash, Femme, Healthy Options to NZGirl and NZFashion.
Check out the article on Sarah on NZGirl - http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/articles/8209

The grant the herb farm received from the government (FRST) for the upscaling of the manufacturing equipment has received extensive publicity - view the video clip
http://www.aspdesign.co.nz/businessdotgovt/The%20Herb%20Farm.mov
and the Crop and Food article - http://www.crop.cri.nz/home/company-info/digest/digest61/successful_scaleup.php

The herb farm won the 'Small & Medium Business Trailblazer' Award at the Central and Regional Sustainable Business Awards and then went on to win the same category at the National Awards in 2009.
The herb farm received some fantastic publicity and exposure from these wins and met many like-minded businesses. 

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