General Information

First Name

Patricia

Last Name

Naudon-Thomas

Username

TrishNThomas

Work Experience

Job Title

Chief Formulator/ Practicing Herbalist / Co-Founder

Company

Good Body Products

Date Started

01/02/2013

Biography

Biography

Master Herbalist & Product Formulator

Trish is a third generation medicine maker/herbalist. First learning from her mexican grandmother starting around age 4. Trish learned as much as possible living in the pacific southwest US and Mexico. She lived in Europe for 3 years and studied with locally herbalists learning about the local plants then firmly planted herself in the Northeast US. She studied in WDC at George Washington University. While in WDC she was able to learn more about the plants on the east coast and play music with her various projects as a drummer ans singer. After graduate school she moved north to NYC to attend NYU for nutritional certification and to play in her band, America’s Sweetheart. Fast forward 16 years she met her musical/herbal focused partner and they moved to southern Vermont, had a baby girl and created Good Body Products, a USDA certified organic small medicinal farm, that makes body care products. She’s also a player/signer in the band The Fantastic Partnerz.

Education to date:

  • 2022 Integrative Hormone Therapy Course, Dr. Afrouz Demeri, Canada
  • 2018 Herbal Masters program at The School of Excellence, UK
  • 2014 Sage Mountain Herbal Medicine Arts & Sciences with R.Gladstar, VT
  • 1998 New York University, Nutritional Studies, NYC, New York
  • 1995 MA Anthropology, GW Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, WDC
  • 1994 BA International Studies, Mt. Vernon, George Washington University, WDC
  • 1988 Esthetician certification, Citrus College, Azusa, CA

2013 – Present

Good Body Products, Co-Owner, Formulator

Created USDA Organic certified body care products for every day aches, pains, skin issues, and more using ingredients from local farms. GBP launched in 2013 after a few years in R&D and doing 4-5 local farmers markets a week building our market one customer at a time.

  • 2014 Product Launch and into select retail locations
  • 2014 Made Martha Stewart’s Short List “American Made” Finalist
  • 2015 Grand Prize ($10k) Business Plan for Windham County
  • 2016 USDA Certified Organic via NOFA for our farm, processing facility & products
  • 2016 Featured in several Magazines including Rolling Stone, Bella, etc..
  • 2017 First CBD Grower, Processor & Manufacturer in Vermont
  • 2018 Producer of the Month for the Brattleboro Food Coop
  • 2019 Awarded Best Organic Skin & Body Care from Natural Solutions Magazine
  • 2020 Made Here featured in Monadnock Table Magazine
  • 2020-2022 Hunkered down for Covid
  • 2022-2025 Brick & mortar, The Good Spot, in Brattleboro Vermont
  • 2024 Producer of the Month for the Brattleboro Food Coop