Earth Organics CBD owners Al and Angie Alves, center, celebrate the grand opening if their store March 12, 2020. (HOPE E. TREMBLAY/THE WESTFIELD NEWS)
WESTFIELD – Earth Organics CBD owners Al and Angie Alves know first-hand the benefits of CDB, also known as Cannabidiol, an active ingredient in cannabis derived from the hemp plant.
CBD is touted as helping treat conditions like pain, insomnia, and anxiety.
For Angie Alves, it was life-saving.
“You should have seen her two years ago,” said Al Alves. “She was suffering from auto-immune disease, celiac, Lupus, IBS – it was terrible.”
That’s when the Alves discovered CBD and she began to improve.
“Today, she is almost 100 percent better,” Al Alves said at the ribbon cutting for the store, located at 192 East Main St.
During the ceremony, Earth Organics CBD was recognized with proclamations from Mayor Donald F. Humason and State Rep. John C. Velis’ representatives. Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kate Phelon welcomed the Southwick couple to the business community in Westfield.
“Small business makes the world go ‘round,” said Phelon, noting that she has heard “people love” their products.
Angie Alves said she improved quickly once she started using CBD.
“I experienced immediate relief from the first bottle of CBD. My inflammation went down, my pain subsided, and I was finally able to sleep again,” she said.
The problem, they said, was finding readily available high-quality CBD. They tried numerous brands with varying results.
After doing months of research Al Alves found some interesting facts on the industry: Companies buy raw hemp oil from large brokers, who in turn get it from various hemp growers. The source and quality is always different, which leads to inconsistent product.
“Some people say CBD doesn’t work for them. the number one reason is inferior quality,” stated Al Alves. “Independent researchers have shown that 70% of CBD sold online and at retail tested by independent laboratories, didn’t have the milligrams listed on the label, in fact some didn’t have any CBD.”
Some companies use Ethanol extraction, to get the CBD from the Hemp plant, because it is the cheapest method. Ethanol Extraction leaves toxic residue on the product.
AL Alves said Earth Organics CBD is sourced from a special strain of Phtytocannabinoid Rich Hemp farmed in Colorado, which has up to 10 times the concentration of CBD than regular industrial hemp.
“There’s so much CBD out there, but the products are not all the same. This is extracted with CO2, which leaves no residue,” he said.
CO2 Extraction is the most expensive way to extract CBD from hemp, said Al Alves, but it’s the safest and cleanest and leaves no residues. All THC is taken out. All products have a Certificate of Analyses from independent laboratories, that state the exact quantity of CBD and everything else that is in the product.
Earth Organics CBD, online at earth-organics.com, has a money back guarantee on the quality of all CBD products.
