Our Commitment as Earth 🌎 Stewards

Wild Indigo Forest Farm · People + Planet + Profit

Our Commitment as Earth Stewards

Most businesses ask, “How do we get more customers?” Wild Indigo asks, “How do we help people remember their relationship with the Earth?”

People · Planet · Profit

Stewardship Is a Practice

It Lives in the Everyday Decisions.

We hold deep reverence for the plants, materials, people, and living systems involved in the creation of our products and experiences. We strive to inspire commUnity to re-engage with stewardship of our precious Earth by reducing environmental impact, uplifting one another, and investing in regenerative practices.

Stewardship does not end at the borders of our farm. It lives in how we grow, gather, create, package, purchase, partner, advocate, and give back. It means considering whose labor makes our work possible, how our decisions affect the Earth, and whether the people and organizations beside us share a meaningful commitment to justice.

We believe social and environmental responsibility belong inside the business model—not beside it. True success is measured through a triple-bottom-line approach: people, planet, and profit.

We believe plant medicine is for the people. We dedicate time and energy to preparing small batches while also encouraging others to grow and make their own Earth Medicine.

Rooted in Indiana

Proudly Indiana Grown Certified

Wild Indigo Forest Farm—and the products we grow, gather, and create here—are proudly Indiana Grown certified. From herbs, honey, and seasonal foods to our small-batch farm offerings, this certification reflects work rooted in Indiana soil, seasons, agriculture, and commUnity.

Giving Back to Our commUnity

Care for Land + Care for People Belong Together.

We give back to local organizations that protect and fund humans who are disabled, refugees, LGBTQIA+, domestic violence survivors, unhoused people, and those who cannot afford fresh food.

We believe caring for the Earth cannot be separated from caring for one another. Environmental justice, racial justice, and social justice are interconnected—and our responsibility as Earth stewards includes showing up for both people and planet.

We seek partnerships rooted in integrity, accountability, environmental stewardship, racial and social justice, and respect for all people, while asking our partners—and ourselves—to keep learning, taking responsibility, and turning stated values into meaningful action.

Regeneration Beyond the Farm

Organizations We Support + Learn With

One Tree Planted

We have teamed up with One Tree Planted, an organization dedicated to revitalizing forests. Through this partnership, one tree is planted with every purchase.

United Plant Savers

We are members of United Plant Savers, whose mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their habitats for generations to come.

Rainforest Action Network

We are members of Rainforest Action Network, joining Earth lovers who take action against industries driving deforestation and climate change.

Our Relationship With the Earth

The Land Is Our First Teacher.

Wild Indigo is a place where people come to remember how to live in right relationship—with themselves, one another, and the living world.

Guests are welcomed into a living ecosystem, not simply a backdrop, and invited into reciprocity, reverence, and regeneration. Everything here exists to encourage restoration—for people and for land.

We believe caring for the Earth begins by falling in love with it.

How We Steward

A Living System, Not a Checklist.

Soil Health

We nurture living soil through regenerative growing practices, composting, organic matter, reduced disturbance, and avoiding unnecessary synthetic chemicals. Healthy soil holds water, supports biodiversity, and nourishes resilient ecosystems.

Native Habitat + Biodiversity

We protect and restore native habitat throughout our Certified Forest, wetlands, pollinator meadows, gardens, pond, and woodland edges, planting for bees, butterflies, birds, and other wildlife.

Permaculture + Regenerative Farming

We work with the patterns of the land through perennial plantings, medicinal herbs, pollinator gardens, food production, composting, and regenerative land management that aims to return more than it takes.

Agroforestry

Our farm exists within a forest, making the relationship between trees, food, medicine, wildlife, and people central to our work. The forest is teacher, shelter, habitat, and living commUnity.

Water Stewardship

We recognize water as sacred and essential. We care for wetlands, creeks, pond, and watershed by protecting vegetation, reducing harmful runoff, building healthy soil, and allowing natural systems to filter and hold water.

Thoughtful Materials + Packaging

Whenever possible, we choose biodegradable, compostable, recyclable, recycled, reusable, and low-waste materials, while considering how products are grown, gathered, prepared, packaged, used, and returned to Earth.

Small-Batch Earth Medicine

We prepare our homegrown apothecary offerings in small batches with reverence for the plants and seasons, using high-quality ingredients while encouraging people to cultivate their own relationship with herbal traditions.

Leave It Better

Every retreat, gathering, purchase, and partnership is invited to contribute to the sanctuary through habitat restoration, pollinator planting, artist support, trail care, regenerative farming, wildlife protection, or stronger commUnity relationships.

Our Promise to the Land

The Land Is Not Simply Where Our Work Happens.

Every gathering held at Wild Indigo is invited to honor the people, plants, waters, wildlife, and stories that have shaped this place for generations. Together, we create experiences rooted in reciprocity, reverence, and regeneration.

The land is part of the work.

We Believe

What We Keep Returning To

We believe the Earth is our home—not a resource to be conquered, but a living commUnity to which we belong.

We believe healing can happen beside ponds, beneath trees, through muddy boots, medicinal herbs, shared meals, birdsong, and the courage to slow down.

We believe every bee, native plant, animal, and person matters.

We believe wonder, curiosity, and commUnity are medicine.

We believe slowing down can help us remember the rhythm of nature—and our place within it.

Welcome, Friend.

The Forest Has Been Waiting for You.

Come walk beside us.