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    Working with nature

    Aug 08, 2018 3 minutes

    Rudolf Steiner founded Weleda in the 1920s. What was his initial vision for creating an organic skincare range?

    Rudolf Steiner was a philosopher who viewed the human body, mind and spirit holistically. He believed that natural ingredients provide what a body needs to be vibrant and healthy.

    Austrian-born Steiner worked alongside Ita Wegman, a Dutch doctor, and Oskar Schmiedel, a German pharmacist. Together, they developed pharmaceutical products using a concept that has formed Weleda’s product philosophy to this day: that medicine should provide crucial

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