About Faunus Herbs

Faunus Herbs is a contract manufacturer offering the highest quality herbal tinctures, capsules, glycerites, oils and ointments. Most of our handcrafted products are made for leaders in the herbal supplement industry, exclusively for professional use.

We work with both fresh, living flowers and herbs, and the highest quality dried materials depending on the product. Our focus on quality means that we use either organically grown, or responsibly wildcrafted plants. We are regulated by Health Canada and hold an official Site License, and our farm and facility has also passed on-site inspection by the U.S. FDA. We have been certified organic and regularity inspected for over 35 years.

The flowers and herbs in the pictures on our website are from our farm, and yes… the people in the pictures are us! All of our marketing materials, websites, formulas and products are produced on our farm in rural Ontario, Canada. When you buy Faunus products, you are supporting a family farm business.

Nick Faunus

Herbalist, CEO and Founder of Faunus Herbs

Nick has been involved in the herbs/natural foods/products industry since 1975. Originating from North Staffordshire in the U.K. he has lived and worked with his family on their herb farm in Ontario for the last 40 plus years.

Nick has considerable experience as a public speaker appearing in person, and on radio and television. For five years Nick co-developed, co-hosted and co-produced North America’s first prime time Wholistic Health radio show; The Well Street Journal. Broadcast in Canada and the U.S. during prime drive time, the WSJ introduce millions of new enthusiasts to a natural health lifestyle. Drawing on his extensive experience in natural and organic products, he provides both intelligent and entertaining seminars.

Nick is a past elected Executive Secretary of the Organic Crop Improvement Association (International) Inc. (OCIA), and was also involved in the development of the central document control system for the effective implementation of the US and Canadian federal regulations for Certified Organic products. Nick also edited and produced the OCIA International newsletter which was published in French, English and Spanish. He was directly involved and headed marketing and promotion development for OCIA internationally. He also helped develop the documentation for the Ontario Chapter, (and the International office) and the U.S. and Canadian organic standards for manufacturing, processing and cultivation.

Nick was also employed for several years (1991-1994) in a consulting capacity, by the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA).

Nick also manages to find time for his many hobbies, which include music (listening and playing), reading, perfumery, gourmet cooking, and supporting planet positive causes.

Penelope Beaudrow

Registered Herbalist, Vice President of Faunus Herbs

Penelope Beaudrow is a Registered Herbalist who has worked at Faunus Herbs for over 25 years, and devoted that time to helping others foster deep and resilient connections with the living intelligence of the natural world and the regenerative, healing forces of plants and the medicine they carry.

Penelope earned her Diploma in Herbal Medicine from Dominion Herbal College in British Columbia. She serves as Product Development Specialist and Herbal Educator at Faunus Herbs. She is also deeply engaged in in the field of herbal education, including in depth work with the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine and The Ginkgo Tree Herbal Course.

Penelope is very concerned with regenerative ecology as an integral component of the health and well-being of the earth and all of its inhabitants. She works diligently to reintroduce a wide variety of native, at risk and endangered plants at her sanctuary and farmstead and is engaged in significant re-wilding efforts.

The work that Penelope is engaged in every day aims to lay the foundations for a verdant, thriving, and viable future that upholds and works alongside the brilliance of nature. The path of earth stewardship has as its goal harmony, health and the peaceful coexistence for all beings. The transformations that Penelope has, and continues to witness through her careful and patient partnership with the green world, have far exceeded her hopes and expectations; when the plants begin to speak, it’s always best to listen, for the marvels that will unfold are sure to be beyond our wildest dreams.

Serena

Vice President

(and Photographer, Videographer, Graphic and Website Designer)