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1902Born and raised in Aesch near Basel (Switzerland).
1923 - 1932Managed a health food store in Basel.
1929First issue of A.Vogel’s monthly magazine, in those days entitled Das Neue Leben (A Fresh Start). From 1941 this became the A.Vogel Gesundheits-Nachrichten (Health News), which has appeared every month since 1943 in Switzerland.
1937–1956Naturopath in Teufen. Research work, development and manufacture of the first natural remedies using fresh plants.
1950On his first trip to America in the early 1950s, Alfred Vogel met the Oglala Lakota chief Ben Black Elk who introduced him to the healing power of the purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Read more >
First appearance of the classic work, The Nature Doctor, which is well known throughout the world today and has been translated into 12 languages. Circulation to date: over two million copies. Read more >
1958–1959Extensive journeys of discovery through North, Central and South America. The photo shows Alfred Vogel with a camera in Central Park, New York.
1963Establishment of Bioforce AG in Roggwil, Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland - today a leading herbal remedy and health food company operating throughout the world.
1965 - 1969Researched the health of primitive tribes in Africa. In the Kalahari and Namibian desserts, Alfred Vogel studied the Devil’s claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) plant.
1969Journeys of discovery through Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania.
1982Awarded the Priessnitz medal from the German Naturopathic Society.
1984Made honorary member of the Swiss Society for Empirical Medicine (SAGEM).