What we don't grow ourselves, we source as mindfully as possible.

Some highlights are our organic hydrosols used in our toners are sourced from a US-based collective of small-scale organic farmers; while our beeswax used in our salves & lip balms comes from a family-run bee farm local to us in northern Illinois.

Nearly all of our ingredients are certified organic, which means they have been grown/raised without the use of synthetic chemicals.

We source from ethical, environmentally-conscious suppliers and companies with high-integrity and a commitment to quality and transparency.

Since we started in 2014, every product in our line has been formulated from scratch by our founder, Rachel Carpenter.

We make all products in-house in small batches. This includes combining raw ingredients (never pre-made bases), filling containers, and labeling & boxing each individual jar, bottle, & tube of GFF products.

We believe in people over profits.

We believe in putting money into the hands of independent creators, small businesses, ethical suppliers, and the communities that keep businesses like ours going.

Amazon does not align with our values, and we vow to never sell our products on their platform.

Our skincare packaging is primarily reusable & recyclable glass, biodegradable paper, and infinitely recyclable metal. We do our best to minimize plastic as much as possible. Most containers are recyclable and can also be reused by our consumers in creative ways.

In 2020, we fully replaced plastic-heavy lip balm, salve, and deodorant tubes with eco-friendly plastic-free biodegradable paperboard tubes.

In 2022, we replaced our previously plastic cream and face mask lids with more environmentally-friendly metal lids. We also replaced our toner, serum, and body oil pumps with lower-plastic ones made of primarily metal.

We strive to reduce our waste as much as possible. What this looks like:

• Minimizing use of plastic - in our packaging, production process, & shipping.
• Containers made from glass and biodegradable cardboard.
• Reusable, durable utensils & tools for formulating products.
• Plastic-free shipping tape.
• We partner with Terracycle's Zero Waste Box™ and offer a recycling drop-off for typically difficult to recycle household goods & beauty care packaging in our local community.
• Mindful reuse & recycling:

You've probably heard of the "3 Rs" - "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." We do our best to take things a couple steps further by rethinking, reimagining, and repurposing before we get to the other three. Of course, when we aren't able to reuse or repurpose, we recycle everything that's recyclable.

Our order packing & shipping system is plastic-free.

We wrap all products in recycled & recyclable Kraft paper and ship in recyclable cardboard boxes.

We use plastic-free water-activated paper shipping tape, as opposed to the common plastic shipping tape. This is not only a positive environmental choice on the front-end, but it makes recycling easier on the backend. It can be recycled with our cardboard boxes as opposed to needing to be removed parior to recycling.

We use paper shipping labels with adhesive backing vs. plastic tape.

We deliver orders to the post office typically by foot (it's just 0.1 miles away!), saving gas and thus reducing our environmental footprint.

We partner with Big Lake Organics, a local industrial composting facility, to compost all compostable materials from our facility, including:

• Paper & cardboard
• Used paper towels from handwashing, manufacturing, and cleaning
• Used herbs/botanicals from our infusion process
• Food scraps from our break room
• All GFF plastic-free tubes!

We partner with Terracycle to recycle all of our packaging, including typically hard-to-recycle plastic lids, pumps, and sprayers. 

We also partner with our local industrial composting facility, Big Lake Organics, to compost our empty GFF lip balm, deodorant, and salve tubes.

More details here.