Sambah Naturals.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF small biz - Brief article

In 2005, Andre Houssney was working for a Boulder-based ministry that was engaged in philanthropy in Zambia. As a token of his appreciation, a local tribal leader gave Houssney's church a sizable plot of land.

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"It's the size of the city of Boulder," said Houssney's co-worker Seth Wilson, "but it's totally inaccessible."

However, it was excellent for cultivating lemongrass, lavender and spearmint, which could be shipped to a village and processed into essential oils. So Houssney launched the Zambian Soap Co. In 2006, with Wilson in tow, Houssney started to...