USLGA Front Porch Events
 USLGA's Education and Research Committee hosts Front Porch webinars to share with and educate lavender lovers everywhere. Our Front Porch Events combine education with a conversation on various topics for lavender growers and business owners. Learn how to become a sponsor.
USLGA Grower and Affiliate members have access to Front Porch events as a benefit of membership. Members must register for live events. Non-members can purchase access for $40.
Upcoming Front Porch Events
Lab Testing Lavender
 When: Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET (duration is approximately one hour)
Cost: Grower and Affiliate Members = no cost | FOLs and nonmembers = $40
Presenter: Adam Christensen, CEO, Essential Validation Services
What You'll Learn:
- How to read and interpret a laboratory report for essential oils
- Common adulteration methods in the lavender industry and how to detect them
- Using analytical data to establish unique selling points and support industry standards
- Chemical profile differences between lavender varieties and why it matters
As lavender growers, you know that no two harvests are exactly the same—variety, climate, soil, and growing practices all leave their mark on the essential oil’s chemical profile. This session will show how laboratory testing can turn those natural differences into valuable insights. Adam Christensen, Founder & CEO of Essential Validation Services, will share how to read and understand a lab report, detect potential adulteration, and use chemical profile data to highlight the distinctive characteristics of your oil. Attendees will also learn how testing contributes to industry-wide standards and creates a data foundation for marketing, differentiation, and future research.
How to Sponsor the USLGA Front Porch Speaker Series
Promotional Sponsors | $175/event
USLGA's Promotional Sponsors will have the opportunity, depending on availability, to spotlight their brand in various spots across the association. Complete Promotional Sponsor form.
Front Porch Series Educational Sponsor | $1,000/yr
Annually, USLGA’s Front Porch Series focuses on educating the members of our association through webinars, and recordings. The Educational Sponsor plays a crucial role in the funding quality of the programming and allows USLGA to continue providing valuable content to its members. Limited to one per year. 2024, 2025, and 2026 are sold.
About our Education Sponsor, The Lavender Boutique
His parents named him Joseph Downs but most of you know him as The Lavender Man, the tallest lavender farmer in the northern hemisphere. The Lavender Man travels the globe to bring the most amazing culinary, health, and beauty lavender products to his growing legion of customers. Joseph has been a farmer all his life and got his start in the lavender industry as a propagator. After several years of delivering plants throughout the USA, he wanted to start his own farm. The result has been spectacular with two farm locations: East Wenatchee and also Upper Crescent Bar in Quincy, Washington, Joseph’s hometown.
Joseph sells his artisan-crafted products under the banner of The Lavender Boutique. There are 85 products in health & beauty, including a line of Manly Man products. Joseph is very passionate when it comes to using culinary lavender. He is currently using 15 different varieties of lavender in a line of 45 different products including, cookie kits, dressings, grinders, lavender honey, rubs, seasonings, sugars, and teas. Also available are freshly made Lavonade, Creamy n Dreamy lavender ice cream, lavender cheesecake, and lavender crème brûlée!
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