Every time you click "add to cart," buy a retail product, or choose a brand to bring into your home, you are casting a vote. You are voting for the kind of world you want to live in, the supply chains you want to fund, and the values you want to see endure.
In a modern wellness market saturated with synthetic filler, clever marketing, and generic "grocery store guidelines," finding true integrity can feel like a maze.
At Up the Hill Inc. (operating as Up the Hill at Loakin Botanicals) here in Neskonlith, Secwépemcúlecw, we don't just sell formulations. We offer an invitation to stand with a business that acts as a living sanctuary from chemical anxiety.
If you are wondering what sets us apart, here is exactly why you should follow our journey, align with our mission, and bring our hand-crafted botanical care into your family’s daily rituals.
[ Ancestral Law ] ➔ [ Specialist Clinic Standards ] ➔ [ Zero Chemical Anxiety ] ➔ [ Generational Legacy ]
1. You Are Funding Supply Chain Sovereignty, Not Extraction
Many mass-market wellness brands buy commercial-grade herbs from massive global brokers. These plants sit in stagnant transit loops and shipping containers for months, completely losing their volatile oils and therapeutic properties before they are ever packaged.
We don't use that extractive model. When you buy from Up the Hill Inc., you are supporting Supply Chain Sovereignty:
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Guided by Ancestral Law: When we hand-harvest Indigenous botanicals in our territory, our work is strictly guided by ancestral law: we never take more than we need, and we always leave enough to reseed and regenerate for the next year, and for the next seven generations to come.
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The Birds, the Bees, and the Wildlife: We harvest selectively, never clear-cutting or ripping plants up carelessly. We intentionally leave enough behind for our relatives—the birds, the bees, and the wildlife who depend on these plants as much as we do.
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Meticulous Sourcing Curation: For ingredients that cannot grow natively in our local soil, we partner exclusively with trusted, distributors who share our deep ethical parameters to ensure our raw elements are never subjected to chemical irradiation or industrial degradation.
2. You Get Twice the Potency: The "Double the Goodness" Truth
We treat our traditional Indigenous knowledge as a sacred responsibility, which means we refuse to dilute the chemistry of the plants to pad out corporate profit margins.
When you buy our products, you are receiving a professional tier of care that blends ancestral Indigenous heritage with the uncompromised precision of modern clinical botany. As a Certified Herbalist, our founder June Anthony-Reeves looks at remedies through the lens of phytochemistry, mapping out active compounds to ensure they perform beautifully.
This dual-mastery is why we formulate to a strict "Double the Goodness" standard, most visible in our tea collections:
The Clinical Tea Difference: If you look at a standard grocery store box of tea, the instructions will always tell you to scoop an arbitrary "one teaspoon" into your cup. While our everyday, non-clinical blends follow that standard 1 tsp measurement for a gentle, casual steep, our clinical teas defy it completely. Our clinical teas have double the standard grocery store measurements. They are formulated, measured, and portioned strictly by clinical botanical measurements and therapeutic value, ensuring you receive the exact, double-strength concentration required to create a real shift and balance internally.
3. You Are Investing in a Living, Mother-Daughter Legacy
We do not just look back at our ancestors; we look forward to our future. When you follow Up the Hill Inc., you are watching a beautiful, sovereign business structure unfold right in our territory.
Our company is a direct continuation of legacy teachings passed down through an unbroken matrilineal line from our mother and our great-grandmother. Today, June is incredibly proud to work side-by-side with her daughter, Crystal.
Crystal is step-by-step learning the profound depths of Indigenous herbs, traditional knowledge, and culture, alongside the complex intricacies of running a highly sophisticated, corporate botanical business. When you purchase from us, you aren’t funding a distant corporate boardroom; you are directly supporting a mother-daughter team dedicated to keeping the fire of ancestral Indigenous knowledge alive for the next seven generations.
4. Absolute Protection with Zero Chemical Anxiety
From our rugged, DEET-free Wildwood Outdoor Pack designed to shield families on summer trails, to our upcoming premium facial lines like the Mystical Rose Face Care Kit, we create uncompromised barriers against synthetic overload.
We house our high-potency formulations in premium, UV-protective blue bottles and eco-conscious packaging. This specialized blue containers naturally shields the delicate, living chemistry of our infusions from light degradation, allowing us to keep our products 100% free from toxic synthetic preservatives.
Walk the Trail with Up the Hill
Following and buying from Up the Hill Inc. means refusing to compromise. It means demanding that your wellness care be deeply sophisticated, clinically precise, and profoundly rooted in Indigenous ancestral honor all at the same time.
We are opening our apothecary doors to show the world how business should be done—with love, precision, and absolute respect for the land. Welcome to a higher standard of wellness. Welcome to our Up the Hill at Loakin Botanicals.
June Anthony-Reeves
Certified Herbalist & Founder, Up the Hill Inc.
Equip Your Next Adventure
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