Progress & Milestones
Building the vertical integration, one ingredient at a time.
Every product traces back to living soil. Here’s where we are today — and where we’re headed after the Pioneer Phase.
Vertical integration tracker.
Percentage of each product’s ingredients currently grown on the Merlin farmstead. Gold mark shows our Phase 1 target.
Peppers · onions · garlic · cilantro
Cabbage · cucumber · dill
Calendula · arnica · chamomile · lavender · St. John’s wort
Bacopa · rhodiola · gotu kola · red sage
Cinnamon · cardamom · adaptogens
Farm-grown fiber hemp · botanical terpenes
Milestone archive.
Six years of ground truth, from the first garage batch to today.
2020 · Founding
First Blessed Body Budder batch
R&D begins. First 50-jar test batch produced in friend’s garage. Sold out by end of year.
2022 · Land
2.5-acre farm in Merlin, OR
Leased the Merlin farmstead. Began growing medicinal herbs for products. The vertical integration begins.
2024 · Validation
500+ Blessed Body Budder sales
Surpassed 500 sales. Dr. Kaitlyn Bronte endorsement. 10+ repurchases per customer documented.
2025 · Expansion
Hot sauce + ferments launched
Farm-to-Bottle Hot Sauce sold out at public debut. Sauerkraut & pickles in production. Multi-product line emerges.
Post-raise · Target
Mobile GMP Apothecary Lab
7-zone, 20-ft trailer. Commercial GMP standards. Unlocks retail-scale manufacturing. Core of the Pioneer Phase raise.
Phase 3 · Horizon
Regenerative Manufacturing Facility
The world’s first carbon-negative regenerative co-packing hub. Hempcrete construction, biogas power, VAWTs from salvage.