FairWild's trustee wins AHPA award

April 2 2013 - Josef Brinckmann, member of the FairWild Foundation's Board of Trustees, was recently recognized for the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Herbal Insight Award. With more than 34 years of professional experience in the medicinal herbal products trade, Josef is vice president of sustainability at tea company Traditional Medicinals, and currently serves as a senior consultant for biodiversity products with the International Trade Centre of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. He also serves on the advisory board of the American Botanical Council, is an advisory committee member of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP), and a member of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention's Dietary Supplements Monographs Expert Committee.

This award recognizes individuals that have a significant impact on furthering knowledge and understanding of botanicals and their uses. Learn more here.