Features Editor
Kristen Decker
Kristen produces the interviews at Seed to Capsule: the research, the supplier maps, the follow-up calls. She asks for the name of the farm early in every conversation, and writes it down before the founder can change the subject.
25stories
By Kristen Decker
Carly Stein on tracing hive ingredients to source
Steady support for aging men, with Gary Kehoe
Eighty one beauty launches listed after a year of testing
Inside Wile with Gwendolyn Floyd, tracing plants from field to capsule
Sally Mueller and Michelle Jacobs on modernizing aging without pause
Inside Kin Euphorics with Jen Batchelor, tracing botanicals from kitchen to can
What Andrew Salisbury learned from a failed Brazil lot
Julie Sawaya and Ryan Woodbury and the red zone tests
What Sally learned from burns that made taste matter
Science
What the mouth tape evidence changes for careful shoppers
Why new refill rules matter for buyers who keep the case
Why Shane Heath traded coffee for mushrooms and ritual
Why the creatine evidence matters for careful midlife buyers
What Vani Hari learned from petitions that big brands answered
Chervin Jafarieh on sourcing with intention to absorption
James Beshara and the seven cup coffee habit
10 ppm and the shared jars that must declare it
Hilma founders on tracing remedies back to source
Mari Llewellyn on flavorful greens traced to source
Personalized Chinese herbs for cycle balance, with Lulu Ge
Why Amanda Chantal Bacon traded juice for traceable capsules
Why Alex Taylor and Victoria Thain Gioia rebuilt the prenatal by stage
What Lauren Lee learned from dismissal and endometriosis
What Siff Haider learned from packing orders in Toronto
