On a hot parched January day in 1981 Janice Smith found "Claret Ash" an old dairy farm. The soil was good, the climate temperate and Janice knew that her plants would thrive there. To begin Janice moved her family to live in the cottage, and prepared the soil for her first plantings. Over the next few seasons the herb garden took form and Janice began to create her plant extracts. She then turned her attention to the dairy on the property and began its transformation into the laboratory and manufacturing facility that it is today. JANESCE was launched in 1986 wi[...]