Meet Our Experts

Autumn Blum - Founder and CEO of Organix-South, Inc.
Autumn is a graduate of Eckerd College with a B.S. in Chemistry, certified by the American Chemical Society with an emphasis in Organic Chemistry, and holds a minor in Environmental Geology. While working for other companies and as a consultant, she learned many intricacies of formulating cosmetics using natural ingredients. She was making natural herbal products for other companies until she began working with the little known Neem tree, and in 1998, Autumn incorporated Organix-South. She emphasizes natural ingredients, incorporating her knowledge of Neem and other medicinal plants to create therapeutic skin care and aromatic herbal supplements which she manufactures and distributes globally under the TheraNeem, Thera Veda and other private label brands.

Working with Nisarga Biotech in Satara, India, Autumn helped develop a novel technology to encapsulate broad-spectrum supercritical extracts of Ayurvedic herbs, combined with the original whole herb powder, into vegetarian capsules. After proving the stability of the finished product, Autumn introduced Thera Veda Whole Herb supplements in mid-2005. The technology is currently in 'patent-pending' status.

As an alternative to the cosmetic industry's "cost-consciousness" and lack of environmental concern, Autumn offers the world a vision that embraces organics, product efficacy and company ethics over pure profit. She serves as president of her company, Organix-South, Inc., currently the top manufacturer world-wide of premium Neem products.

Trinity Ava Russo, Herbalist - Director of Education

With a fascination for the world of plants since childhood, Trinity Ava is an accomplished herbalist and educator. She has designed innovative herbal education programs and has led seminars across the country, giving people a better understanding of the traditions and values of herbal medicine. With over 10 years of teaching experience, Trinity's user-friendly herbal seminars offer a beautiful synergy of Eastern and Western herbalism, Ayurvedic principles and clinical experience. In addition, she teaches aromatic botanical medicine at the California School of Herbal Studies and Bastyr University. Passionate about the environment, Trinity is committed to working with farmers worldwide to support organic, fairly-traded and sustainable farming methods. Her mission is to inspire and empower individuals with the effectiveness of herbal tradition, while infusing supportive lifestyle choices that enhance one's ability to "self care" with herbs. She currently serves as Director of Education for Organix-South®, a natural products company that specializes in therapeutic products made with organically grown neem and patent-pending organic herbal dietary supplements that combine supercritical extracts with the wisdom of whole herbs.

Jason Edwards - Brand Manager
Jason Edwards has traveled the world, enjoying and learning from the cultures that bring us our most incredible botanical discoveries. His passion for natural healing has driven him to seek out the true nature of plants and how they interact with the physiology of our amazing bodies. He compulsively researches herbs and herbal processing to more completely understand the products that he believes will heal the world. Jason also has a deep personal love for the Natural Product Industry that stems from his ten years of military service. After serving his country for a decade Jason was diagnosed with an environmental allergy, specifically an allergy to petroleum products. This should have come as no surprise because his job in the military was petroleum supply and storage. Once diagnosed, he was medically discharged and left to his own devices to try and overcome this malady. It was only through the love and wisdom of healers in the natural product industry that his condition was reversed and his body healed. Jason has been dedicated to promoting natural products and healthy living ever since.