Aronia (or chokeberry) is a beautiful ornamental and edible native shrub that produces huge, blue-black berries that are one of the world’s most antioxidant-rich foods. We’re excited to offer this unique aronia tincture made with our own on-farm aronia berries. While the berries can be sharp and dry tasting when eaten fresh, they leave a pleasant sweetness in the mouth when baked, cooked or prepared in a tincture. Recent peer-reviewed studies have shown aronia berry juice to slow cancerous growth, fight insulin resistance and improve liver function in small mammals (human studies are forthcoming). While the berry is a bit dry for fresh eating (Turi loved them freshly picked from the plant last summer!), we harvest the berries, dehydrate them and then tincture them for many months to extract the nutritional constituents of the berry. We take the tincture daily under the tongue for added Vitamin C, folate and manganese. While we can’t make any health claims, we do highly value these exciting plants and their importance in our lives.