
I’m sitting by the front door at Badger, writing and reflecting on the previous 20 years. October is Badger’s birth month. October of 1995 is when I first went store to store in my lime green carpenter’s van selling our one product, Badger Balm. Today, the sky is blue, the trees are tinted with a bouquet of fall colors, and my heart is filled with wonder and appreciation for what we’ve been able to achieve.
You probably already know things about our new building, amazing product line, and B Corp status. But the things about Badger that you can see are like a butterfly’s chrysalis. They contain a miracle. It’s hidden inside and waiting to emerge.
Things like love, kindness, compassion and generosity are powerful invisible forces that find expression in the visible world in the ways that Badger goes about its business.
You can see reflections of the Badger’s inner spirit in the tins and bottles that we craft. It also becomes visible through charitable giving, through our day care and babies at work program, and as we say in our mission statement, “in the ways we treat each other and the people we serve”.
This year, we are in the midst of doubling the size of our beautiful building, and we are bringing in amazing array of new equipment. And as always, we are taking loving care of the building and grounds. Perhaps the new building is the spinning of a cocoon. Within, we are making ready for transformation. What lies ahead? What form will emerge over the next twenty years? I do know that whatever we become, we’ll do it in the spirit of compassion, generosity and kindness! What mystery, adventure and fun!
Hey, thank you for your kind support, and for the good you do in the world.
-Badger Bill
Enter to win some of Badger Bill’s favorite products – retail value $76! One each: Beard Balm, Beard Oil, Ginger Massage Oil, Navigator Class Hair Oil, and Cheerful Mind Balm. Contest ends Wednesday, October 21 at midnight. This contest is open to residents of the US only, 18+.
101 comments on “On Badger’s 20th Birthday”
Happy Birthday Badger!!!! The world is so much better with you!!!!!!!!!!
Happy birthday Badger Balm! I rely on sleep balm to both knock me out and keep my cat out of my face!
Happy Birthday ! Just purchased my 2nd tin of Foot balm, so glad I found this product!
Feliz Cumpleanos!
Happy happy birthday!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! π
Hope you had a wonderful birthday.
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!!!! I love your products β‘ I’m so glad your company exists!!! β‘
Happy Birthday Badger Balm! I love your products!
Happy Birthday BadgerBalm!! May there be many more successful years in your future.
Happy birthday, Badger!
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays
Happy Birthday to the Badger Bill and all the Badgers, Happy 20th !!!
Congrats on another successful year!
Happy Day, good sir! Godspeed and God bless!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday Badger! 20 years and many more!
Happy Birthday! Love your products, they are the best.
Happy birthday!!!! May another 20 more!
Happy Happy 20th Birthday and many more!! Thank you for “all of it ” !!
Happy Birthday. We love all your products that we’ve ever used/tried. Thanks! Here’s to many more years.
So so happy anniversary birthday to badger. It is I your cousin Margie from Texas. So proud of you. Jean would be so proud as she loved you so.You told me you have done some art work as Jean had started to do.i have one of her pieces. I love the grumpy one you did and show in this article. Congrats on that too…. Love you. Always. Margie. Best always in your endeavors…so far so good……….
Wishing badger a very happy birthday!!!!!! Your products are out of this world amazing!!!!
Hau’oli la hanau~ Happy Birthday Badger! I love your products keep up the good work!
Just love your certified organic personal care products! Skin is our biggest organ. Needs organic nourishment just as much as our digestive system does. Thank you for your excellent products and moreso the vision and mission that is behind them. A wonderful company you have!!! Wish I lived closer as I would love to “work” for you! π
Congratulations Bill and all of your immediate and extended family! I’ve been a fan of your products since before the beginning! Thank you for making such effective, beautiful and earth conscious products! I enjoy many of them daily. Keep up the good work! Love, Dot
Happy Happy Birthday Badger!
Happy Birthday!
You don’t look a day over 21. ; )
Happy Birthday! Great products!
Happy Birthday! Love your products!
I am so happy you were born!!!
Much happiness, blessings, and continued success to all the “cheerful minds” at Badger!
Your lip balms are the best ever… I’ve been using them for at least 15 years, and now have my whole family using them too!
Keep up all the good you do! Happy Birthday Badger π
P.S. All the new aromatherapy sticks are wonderful; I love the cheerful mind balm too.
Amazing products — keep up the wonderful work that you do! Happy Birthday and wishing you millions more.
The happiest birthday Badger and Family!
Dearest Badger,
Blessings on your BirthDay!
Thank you Bill, Iris and all the wonderful people at Badger who create beauty everyday through your minds, hearts and hands.
Have a most fabulous, wonderful and magical Birthday dear all staff at Badger!! π
Happy happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday to my favorite Badger! I hope your company continues to grow and stay humble.
I have tried seven of your products so far and have loved them all!
Keep up the Great Work Badger, and Happy Birthday! Here’s to another 20 Years!
Happy Birthday, and thanks for doing all that you do.
Happy Birthday Badger!
Happy birthday, Badger! π
Happy Birthday, Badger π Thank you for all that you do.
Happy Birthday Badger! Love your products!!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! I love your products!
Haaaaapppyyyyy Birthhhhhhdayyyyyyyyy!!!!
Yay! Happy birthday!!!
Just wanted to say that the older you get, the better you are getting! π I’ve been dying to win your amazing things! Hoping to win!
Happy Happy Birthday! Thank you Badger Bill and all of your fellow Badgers for sharing the celebration with us
Happy boithday badger! (Said in Curly’s voice)
Happy Birthday Bill and the badgers!
H-A-P-P-Y
B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y-!
Happy Birthday and keep doing what you do! I love your products π
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BADGER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
Very happy birthday! Keep up the good work! :*
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday!! Thank you for the giveaway!
Happy Birthday Badger!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Badger! Love your products! π
Happy birthday to one of my favorite co-op store finds! Love the lip balm!
Happy Birthday! Such great news to hear you’re expanding!
Happy Birthday Badger!!!
Happy Birthday Badger Bill & all the Badgers! I don’t know what i’d do without your wonderful products for my family!! Thank you!
Love your balms! Happy Birthday!
You have my absolute favorite body products! I just filled up my shopping cart on your site. Thank you for 20 years and here’s to 20 more!
Happy birthday! π
Happy birthday cheers to many more! Love your products thank you!
Happy Birthday! Love your products! Would love to win! π
Happy Birthday…I love these products!
Happy Birthday to you and to me!
Happy Birthday, Kristin! π
Happy Birthday and thank you for all your great products.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! WONDERFUL PRODUCTS π
Happy Birthday Badger! I love your products!
Happy Beautiful Birthday!
Have a super great birthday
Happy Birthday
Have a great Birthday. Cheers!!!
Happy Birthday Badger
Congrats on your 20th, Badger. Keep doin’ what you’re doin’.
Awesome!
happy birthday to great company
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday badger! Thanks for bringing light, laughter, and love into the world with your amazing products!
A very happy birthday and thank you for the best products!
Happy birthday – my family, including my furbabies, love what you do – thank you!
Happy Birthday Badger! π
Happy birthday Badgers! Thanks for always doing your best to help me be my best.
Happy Birthday!!!!
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday and many more to come
Here is to 20 more wonderful years!
Happy Birthday, again! I love the “Cheerful Spirits Assigned to Grumpy People.” It made me laugh, but the art is just fun too!
I Love your products!!
Happy birthday! Here’s to another 20 years!
Love the cheerful mind balm, smells amazing!
Happy Birthday!!!!
Happy birthday, Badger!