We’re more than half way through 2024 and it’s been an eventful year for Herbaland. From our annual sustainability initiatives to new products hitting shelves, Herbaland has been keeping busy! Let’s recall what’s been going on with Herbaland so far in 2024.
Hosting the Sun Run for its 40th Anniversary
This year Herbaland celebrated the Sun Run’s 40th anniversary with over 40,000 runners! Herbaland flooded the streets with a sea of blue shirts, all running through the beautiful streets of Vancouver’s downtown area. As the title sponsor of this event, Herbaland was able to make the 2024 Sun Run a big success. Through our interactive exhibit at the post-race expo we provided some fun opportunities for photos, games, and electrolyte gummy tasting! This year Herbaland created a Sun Run exclusive gummy flavour, mango coconut, for the runners to replenish lost electrolytes from their run!
Herbaland Competes in Monaco for the 2024 EY World Entrepreneur
In 2023, Herbaland co-founders, CEO Aisha Yang and COO Musharaf Syed won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 Pacific title, and in 2024 were sent to Monaco to compete on an international level! While Herbaland didn’t come up on top, but it was an honor to be recognized on this stage, and a congratulations to Vellayan Subbiah from Tube Investments of India.
Second Year of the Herbaland Sustainable Lifestyle Scholarship
To encourage and award students who value living a sustainable lifestyle, Herbaland introduced the Herbaland Sustainable Lifestyle Scholarship in 2023. This year is its 2nd edition, and received almost 500 applications! It’s amazing to see how many students practice sustainability everyday and how many have gone above and beyond in their sustainable efforts, really pushing what it means to have a sustainable lifestyle. Congratulations to our 2024 winners, Stephanie Quon, Judy Zhu, and Zhilu Zhang! To learn more about the scholarship and this years winners, stay tuned for our Scholarship Winners video.
Shoreline Clean-Up
An annual tradition at Herbaland, but this year, we made it more community orientated, inviting members of the community to join! Herbaland has completed 2 shoreline clean ups this year so far, and partnered with eco-friendly brands such as Mala the Brand, Satya and Nena Skincare. In total we picked up about 30lbs of trash, keeping our local shorelines pristine!
Reformulated Oh My Canada - Maple Syrup Flavour, Made with Real Maple Syrup
If you recall, Herbaland released the original Oh My Canada - Maple Syrup gummies in 2023. Since then, Herbaland has upgraded this delicious gummy to be made with real maple syrup, sourced from Quebec, Canada. Now you can enjoy that true Canadian taste, in a fun and convenient form, a gummy! Learn more about what makes maple syrup a great sweetener here.