Don't Let the Feds Get You Down
There’s a basic rule when it comes to herbal businesses in the US: “Don’t tell and sell.” Due to rules and regulations set forth by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commissi...
18 Jun 202358min
The Herbal Sisters Project in Kurdistan, with Anna Rósa
We almost never do interviews, but our friend Anna Rósa is collaborating with The Lotus Flower to empower refugee women in Kurdistan to care for their own health, their families and communities, and t...
19 Mai 202343min
Herbs A-Z: Salvia
Today’s herbs are sage & rosemary – two herbs whose botanical name Salvia indicates they can keep us “safe, healthy, and secure”, if we go with a literal translation. Sounds pretty good to us! And tas...
7 Mai 202351min
[REPLAY] An Herbalist's Guide to Successful Self-Experimentation
In this period of Fallow Month (see previous episode), we're re-airing a couple of our favorite episodes from the archives. This one was originally episode #145, originally aired December 20th 2020. ...
29 Apr 20231h 14min
[REPLAY] How To Practice Herbalism Every Day
In this period of Fallow Month (see previous episode), we're re-airing a couple of our favorite episodes from the archives. This one was originally episode #120, originally aired April 4th 2020. Prev...
22 Apr 202349min
Fallow Month
In ancient agriculture, the farmers observed the need to let fields rest every year or two, so they could recover their fertility. Letting the fields lie fallow in this way actually yielded more food ...
19 Apr 202331min
Herbs A-Z: Rubus
Today we’re discussing the entire genus of Rubus plants! We focus most on blackberry & raspberry, because we know them best, but with 1400+ species found on every continent, there’s certainly a local ...
18 Mar 202353min
Herbs A-Z: Rumex & Rosa
Snow-delayed by a couple days, here’s our next episode! Today we’re talking about yellow dock and rose. Yellow dock (Rumex crispus) is also known as curly dock. We also like to work with broadleaf doc...
15 Mar 20231h 3min
