Walk through downtown Ridgewood these days and you will notice the shift. Health-food stores along East Ridgewood Avenue, the wellness corners of local pharmacies, and even a few convenience-store coolers now stock an ever-widening array of botanical and herbal products: mushroom powders, herbal teas, CBD tinctures, adaptogen blends, and plant-based supplements of nearly every description. Online, the choices multiply into the thousands. For Bergen County residents, the challenge is no longer finding these products. It is working out which of them come from sellers who deserve the trust their labels quietly ask for.
