Optimal Growing Conditions
Many areas in China are highly polluted with industrial chemicals. Even remote areas may be contaminated with pollutants carried by water or wind. Cortex has conducted extensive research on growing areas throughout China for over forty species, searching for pristine, pollution-free growing environments. As a result, we can ensure reliably low levels of heavy metals and agrochemicals.
Many of the best-known growing areas for green tea (Camellia sinensis) have been heavily polluted. To ensure the quality of our green tea, Cortex Scientific Botanicals sources our material from an area specially selected for the purity of its air, water, and soil, yielding green tea extracts with extraordinarily low levels of contaminants. In addition, Green growing techniques optimize the health of the plants, resulting in plants that are more biochemically rich.
Cultivation Research
Cortex has surveyed the overall quality of botanicals grown in different regions and under various conditions, to optimize the health of the plants and the levels of key marker constituents.
Chrysanthemum flowers (Dendranthema x grandiflorum) are grown in central and southern China. The quality of flowers from different areas can vary widely. Cortex Scientific Botanicals evaluated flowers from a cross-section of growing areas with respect to agrochemical pollution and marker content. Growing area #4 (see above) was found to be superior in both categories.
Social Responsibility
- Sustainability
