2017 Conference Presenters
Welcome to the teacher bio page! Below you will find a bio for each teacher as well as the classes they will be offering
Amanda Cañete
About Amanda:
Amanda’s education and love of nature started when she was young with her great grandmother’s guidance and encouragement. She learned the magic from the plants and the land; remedies from the local mountain people, passed down in stories and folklore. While holding several positions in the medical field as an adult, she continued with her herbal education under several herbalists. Amanda is now the owner of Elements Herbology on historic Main Street in St Charles, MO. Her apothecary is where she promotes herbal education and community through her herb classes, clubs, and outreach talks.
Amanda will be teaching Beginning Your Home Remedy Chest.
About Amanda:
Amanda’s education and love of nature started when she was young with her great grandmother’s guidance and encouragement. She learned the magic from the plants and the land; remedies from the local mountain people, passed down in stories and folklore. While holding several positions in the medical field as an adult, she continued with her herbal education under several herbalists. Amanda is now the owner of Elements Herbology on historic Main Street in St Charles, MO. Her apothecary is where she promotes herbal education and community through her herb classes, clubs, and outreach talks.
Amanda will be teaching Beginning Your Home Remedy Chest.
Bob Liebert
About Bob:
Bob is the founder and owner of Teeter Creek Herbs since 1983, which specializes in extracts and oils from local Ozark plants. He is the author of "Common Medicinal Herbs of the Ozarks." Bob also gives many talks on Ozark herbal lore; his experiences with Native American healers and eclectic as well as other energetic approaches to herbal healing.
Bob will be teaching An Ozark Herbalist: Herbal Life, Love and Lore.
About Bob:
Bob is the founder and owner of Teeter Creek Herbs since 1983, which specializes in extracts and oils from local Ozark plants. He is the author of "Common Medicinal Herbs of the Ozarks." Bob also gives many talks on Ozark herbal lore; his experiences with Native American healers and eclectic as well as other energetic approaches to herbal healing.
Bob will be teaching An Ozark Herbalist: Herbal Life, Love and Lore.
Bob Linde, AP, RH(AHG), DOM
About Bob:
Bob Linde is an Acupuncture Physician and Registered Herbalist He is the owner of Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies in St. Petersburg Florida and the Co-director of Traditions School of Herbal Studies.He also consults as a product developer for various national herbal product companies. He serves on the board of directors for the Florida State Oriental Medicine Association (FSOMA). He has worked as a wilderness counselor for teenagers, treasure hunter and is a Desert Storm infantry veteran. He enjoys working on his teaching garden growing over 150 medicinal plants from around the world.
To learn more about Bob visit www.acuherbals.com or www.traditionsherbschool.com
Bob will be teaching Positive Herb & Drug Interactions, Herb & Drug Interactions, and Hot & Cold/Deficient & Excess: Understanding the Basics of Energetic Evaluation
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About Bob:
Bob Linde is an Acupuncture Physician and Registered Herbalist He is the owner of Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies in St. Petersburg Florida and the Co-director of Traditions School of Herbal Studies.He also consults as a product developer for various national herbal product companies. He serves on the board of directors for the Florida State Oriental Medicine Association (FSOMA). He has worked as a wilderness counselor for teenagers, treasure hunter and is a Desert Storm infantry veteran. He enjoys working on his teaching garden growing over 150 medicinal plants from around the world.
To learn more about Bob visit www.acuherbals.com or www.traditionsherbschool.com
Bob will be teaching Positive Herb & Drug Interactions, Herb & Drug Interactions, and Hot & Cold/Deficient & Excess: Understanding the Basics of Energetic Evaluation
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Brooke Sackenheim
About Brooke:
Brooke has been an avid learner of herbs since her first weed walk in 2002. She has since continued her studies with herbalists such as Matthew Wood, Phyllis Light, Margi Flint, Jim McDonald and Kathleen Maier. She is completing Aviva Romm’s Herbal Medicine for Women program. Brooke is currently the Managing Recreation Coordinator at the Ohio Herb Education Center in Gahanna, the Herb Capital of Ohio, whose mission is to educate the public about the benefits of herbs. In her role she creates classes, programs, garden walks and lectures.Brooke was a speaker for The Gardens at Gantz 2015 Herb Symposium, the 2014 National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, and the 2014 Garden to Table Symposium hosted by Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga County. In September of 2015 she presented the Herb Society of America webinar, “Crafting the Herbal Garden and Using Herbs with Children”. She has made multiple TV appearances on FOX28 “Good Day Columbus” and NBC4, as well as FOX8 New Day Cleveland.
Brooke will be teaching Becoming A Media Savvy Herbalist and Creating Herbal Jewelry Kid’s Class.
About Brooke:
Brooke has been an avid learner of herbs since her first weed walk in 2002. She has since continued her studies with herbalists such as Matthew Wood, Phyllis Light, Margi Flint, Jim McDonald and Kathleen Maier. She is completing Aviva Romm’s Herbal Medicine for Women program. Brooke is currently the Managing Recreation Coordinator at the Ohio Herb Education Center in Gahanna, the Herb Capital of Ohio, whose mission is to educate the public about the benefits of herbs. In her role she creates classes, programs, garden walks and lectures.Brooke was a speaker for The Gardens at Gantz 2015 Herb Symposium, the 2014 National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, and the 2014 Garden to Table Symposium hosted by Master Gardeners of Cuyahoga County. In September of 2015 she presented the Herb Society of America webinar, “Crafting the Herbal Garden and Using Herbs with Children”. She has made multiple TV appearances on FOX28 “Good Day Columbus” and NBC4, as well as FOX8 New Day Cleveland.
Brooke will be teaching Becoming A Media Savvy Herbalist and Creating Herbal Jewelry Kid’s Class.
Celena Chavez
About Celena:
Celena is what she considers a budding herbalist. She has been learning about herbs from the plants, her ancestors, intuition and many awesome teachers. When she isn't attending a birth as a doula or encapsulating someones placenta, you can find her wandering the forest preserves and parks with her little ones. Celena is also part of a grassroots collective called Chicago Birthworkers of Color which provides full spectrum services around reproduction to communities of color.
Celena will be teaching Authenticity in Practice and a kid's workshop Making Herbariums.
About Celena:
Celena is what she considers a budding herbalist. She has been learning about herbs from the plants, her ancestors, intuition and many awesome teachers. When she isn't attending a birth as a doula or encapsulating someones placenta, you can find her wandering the forest preserves and parks with her little ones. Celena is also part of a grassroots collective called Chicago Birthworkers of Color which provides full spectrum services around reproduction to communities of color.
Celena will be teaching Authenticity in Practice and a kid's workshop Making Herbariums.
Charles "Doc" Garcia
About Doc:
Doc was born in the central valley of California and learned herbalism from his mother Martha Navarro Garcia who learned it from her father Desidro Navarro. He practices street herbalism by treating the homeless and offering free treatment to anyone who can make it to his home. For twenty years he's haunted the alleys and back streets of Richmond CA. avoiding muggers, the violent, and the cops, looking for the sick and needy. It gives any herbalist a new perspective on life, death, and the belief that all lives have value.
Doc will be teaching The Use of Herbs in Long Term Disaster Situations.
About Doc:
Doc was born in the central valley of California and learned herbalism from his mother Martha Navarro Garcia who learned it from her father Desidro Navarro. He practices street herbalism by treating the homeless and offering free treatment to anyone who can make it to his home. For twenty years he's haunted the alleys and back streets of Richmond CA. avoiding muggers, the violent, and the cops, looking for the sick and needy. It gives any herbalist a new perspective on life, death, and the belief that all lives have value.
Doc will be teaching The Use of Herbs in Long Term Disaster Situations.
Colleen Smith
About Colleen:
Colleen is a horticulturist and herbalist in the Ozark region. She has a bulk herb shop in Steelville, Missouri. Colleen's goal is to promote healing and awareness of alternative plant medicine in her community. Through Ozark story telling, plant walks and serving tea, she wants to help people get back to intuitive self care and healing. She likes to spend her spare time walking the hill tops and hollers of her beloved Ozarks.
Colleen will be teaching People, Plants and Places of the Ozark Region.
About Colleen:
Colleen is a horticulturist and herbalist in the Ozark region. She has a bulk herb shop in Steelville, Missouri. Colleen's goal is to promote healing and awareness of alternative plant medicine in her community. Through Ozark story telling, plant walks and serving tea, she wants to help people get back to intuitive self care and healing. She likes to spend her spare time walking the hill tops and hollers of her beloved Ozarks.
Colleen will be teaching People, Plants and Places of the Ozark Region.
Crystal Stevens
About Crystal:
Crystal Stevens is a community organizer and educator, an herbalist, an art teacher, farmer of diversified vegetables and fruits, a writer, and author of Grow Create Inspire - released fall 2016 by New Society Publishers. Crystal blogs for Mother Earth News and has contributed to Permaculture Magazine FEAST Magazine, Grit, The Healthy Planet, elephant journal and more. Crystal is a nationally recognized public speaker and has presented at The Mother Earth News Fairs across the country, as well as The Missouri Organic Association Conference for the last few years. Crystal was selected as a US Delegate for the Terra Madre International Slow Foods Conference this fall in Turin, Italy where she will share her work as a grower and forager of nutrient dense foods and plant medicine. Crystal leads dozens of workshops each year as part of a resilient living series for children and adults. She co-organized the Confluence Herbal Summit in spring 2016. She is passionate about empowering others to grow their own food and medicine.
Crystal will be teaching Grow, Create, Inspire and Restoring Hope.
About Crystal:
Crystal Stevens is a community organizer and educator, an herbalist, an art teacher, farmer of diversified vegetables and fruits, a writer, and author of Grow Create Inspire - released fall 2016 by New Society Publishers. Crystal blogs for Mother Earth News and has contributed to Permaculture Magazine FEAST Magazine, Grit, The Healthy Planet, elephant journal and more. Crystal is a nationally recognized public speaker and has presented at The Mother Earth News Fairs across the country, as well as The Missouri Organic Association Conference for the last few years. Crystal was selected as a US Delegate for the Terra Madre International Slow Foods Conference this fall in Turin, Italy where she will share her work as a grower and forager of nutrient dense foods and plant medicine. Crystal leads dozens of workshops each year as part of a resilient living series for children and adults. She co-organized the Confluence Herbal Summit in spring 2016. She is passionate about empowering others to grow their own food and medicine.
Crystal will be teaching Grow, Create, Inspire and Restoring Hope.
Dana Bailey, ICST
About Dana:
Dana Bailey is an Integrative CranioSacral Therapist and Earth Medicine practitioner in Tupelo, MS. She specializes in nervous system issues and emotional wellness. She can be found at www.southernherbalist.wordpress.com.
Dana will be teaching the pre-conference intensive Earth Medicine Basics, Carrying the Medicine and Your Internal Landscape: Journey Experiential during the conference.
About Dana:
Dana Bailey is an Integrative CranioSacral Therapist and Earth Medicine practitioner in Tupelo, MS. She specializes in nervous system issues and emotional wellness. She can be found at www.southernherbalist.wordpress.com.
Dana will be teaching the pre-conference intensive Earth Medicine Basics, Carrying the Medicine and Your Internal Landscape: Journey Experiential during the conference.
Deborah Lee, Ph.D.
About Deborah:
Holistic Health Practitioner & Educator: Deborah is passionate about herbs: medicinal, wild edible, culinary & heritage. She has conducted more than 3,500 classes, workshops, outdoor treks & conference programs across the US and Europe in 35 years. A certified practitioner in both Flower Essences & Cognitive Re-Patterning, Deborah's career focus has been Mind-Body Health. She owns Four Winds Farm, a Teaching & Agri-Tourism Center near Quincy, ILwhere she sees clients and teaches the health-enhancing benefits of herbs, weeds and flowers. Deborah is author of the book "Nature's Uncultivated Garden" and the informative DVD "Wild and Free...Eat the Weeds, 92 min. See her 3 featured 30 min. PBS TV shows. Formal education includes: PhD,Nutrition, MA, Env. Ed. & BS, Psychology; plus extensive additional training. Deborah's presentations are light-hearted & informative.
Deborah will be teaching Five Transformation Theory, A Holistic Oriental View and Introduction to Herbal Medicine.
About Deborah:
Holistic Health Practitioner & Educator: Deborah is passionate about herbs: medicinal, wild edible, culinary & heritage. She has conducted more than 3,500 classes, workshops, outdoor treks & conference programs across the US and Europe in 35 years. A certified practitioner in both Flower Essences & Cognitive Re-Patterning, Deborah's career focus has been Mind-Body Health. She owns Four Winds Farm, a Teaching & Agri-Tourism Center near Quincy, ILwhere she sees clients and teaches the health-enhancing benefits of herbs, weeds and flowers. Deborah is author of the book "Nature's Uncultivated Garden" and the informative DVD "Wild and Free...Eat the Weeds, 92 min. See her 3 featured 30 min. PBS TV shows. Formal education includes: PhD,Nutrition, MA, Env. Ed. & BS, Psychology; plus extensive additional training. Deborah's presentations are light-hearted & informative.
Deborah will be teaching Five Transformation Theory, A Holistic Oriental View and Introduction to Herbal Medicine.
Erika Galentin, MNIMH
About Erika:
Erika is a Medical Herbalist and an ITEC certified Clinical Aromatherapist. She holds a degree in Herbal Medicine from the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK and Scottish School of Herbal Medicine, Glasgow, UK. She is a professional member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) and Pi Alpha Xi National Honor Society in Horticulture (USA). Several years of clinical practice in Glasgow, Scotland provided the platform for a deep and influential understanding of the efficacy of medicinal plants within a clinical environment. It was through this clinical practice that Erika also learned to encourage positive relationships between plants and people. She is a firm believer in celebrating the role humanity plays in the ecology of our landscapes and that our relationships with the natural world should be based upon reciprocity and exchange. Erika returned to the United States in 2008 to evolve her career as to also encompass a focus on horticulture and native medicinal plant conservation and ecology. Erika is also deeply passionate about the history of botanical medicine in the United States as depicted by the American Botanical Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and has built her clinical philosophy around the principles and practice of Physiomedical and Eclectic traditions. With her dedication to medicinal plants native to Ohio and the Greater Appalachian region, Erika teaches, lectures and writes on native medicinal plant conservation and applied ecology, propagation, herbalism, and clinical efficacy. She is the Course Development Director for the Herbal Academy, visiting Faculty at Ohio Herb Education Center, Gahanna, Ohio, Guest Faculty at the Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine, Lowgap, NC, and Medicinal Plant Grower at Companion Plants, Athens, Ohio. She also participates as a member of the Stewardship Committee for Appalachia Ohio Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of land and water in Southeast Ohio.
Erika will be hosting a Native Plant Materia Medica and Therapeutics Plant Walk.
About Erika:
Erika is a Medical Herbalist and an ITEC certified Clinical Aromatherapist. She holds a degree in Herbal Medicine from the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK and Scottish School of Herbal Medicine, Glasgow, UK. She is a professional member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) and Pi Alpha Xi National Honor Society in Horticulture (USA). Several years of clinical practice in Glasgow, Scotland provided the platform for a deep and influential understanding of the efficacy of medicinal plants within a clinical environment. It was through this clinical practice that Erika also learned to encourage positive relationships between plants and people. She is a firm believer in celebrating the role humanity plays in the ecology of our landscapes and that our relationships with the natural world should be based upon reciprocity and exchange. Erika returned to the United States in 2008 to evolve her career as to also encompass a focus on horticulture and native medicinal plant conservation and ecology. Erika is also deeply passionate about the history of botanical medicine in the United States as depicted by the American Botanical Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and has built her clinical philosophy around the principles and practice of Physiomedical and Eclectic traditions. With her dedication to medicinal plants native to Ohio and the Greater Appalachian region, Erika teaches, lectures and writes on native medicinal plant conservation and applied ecology, propagation, herbalism, and clinical efficacy. She is the Course Development Director for the Herbal Academy, visiting Faculty at Ohio Herb Education Center, Gahanna, Ohio, Guest Faculty at the Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine, Lowgap, NC, and Medicinal Plant Grower at Companion Plants, Athens, Ohio. She also participates as a member of the Stewardship Committee for Appalachia Ohio Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of land and water in Southeast Ohio.
Erika will be hosting a Native Plant Materia Medica and Therapeutics Plant Walk.
Frank Norman, PWS, MH
About Frank:
Frank Norman is an herbalist, botanist, and plant ecologist with a masters in botany. He has been interested in plants, and more specifically, herbalism, since the mid 1970’s, and has been a certified master herbalist since 2002. Frank started his own businesses--Norman Ecological Consulting, LLC and Kansas Herbalist, LLC--in 2007. He has worked throughout the US and Midwest especially Kansas and Missouri so he has a good knowledge of the flora and ecology there. He relies on plants for healing and often collects medicinal plants locally and formulates medicine, such as tinctures, salves, and poultices. He does herbal consultations, plant inventories, presentations, and nature walks.
Frank will be teaching Ecological and Medicinal Benefits of Invasive Plants and hosting a Medicinal Plant Walk.
About Frank:
Frank Norman is an herbalist, botanist, and plant ecologist with a masters in botany. He has been interested in plants, and more specifically, herbalism, since the mid 1970’s, and has been a certified master herbalist since 2002. Frank started his own businesses--Norman Ecological Consulting, LLC and Kansas Herbalist, LLC--in 2007. He has worked throughout the US and Midwest especially Kansas and Missouri so he has a good knowledge of the flora and ecology there. He relies on plants for healing and often collects medicinal plants locally and formulates medicine, such as tinctures, salves, and poultices. He does herbal consultations, plant inventories, presentations, and nature walks.
Frank will be teaching Ecological and Medicinal Benefits of Invasive Plants and hosting a Medicinal Plant Walk.
Guido Masé, RH(AHG)
About Guido:
Guido Masé RH(AHG) is a clinical herbalist, herbal educator, and garden steward specializing in holistic Western herbalism, though his approach is eclectic and draws upon many influences. He spent his childhood in Italy, in the central Alps and in a Renaissance town called Ferrara. After traveling the United States, he settled into Vermont where he has been living since 1996.
He is a founder, faculty member and clinical supervisor at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, a 501(c)(3) non-profit herbal medicine clinic and school that provides comprehensive services focused on whole plants and whole foods. He serves as chief herbalist for the Urban Moonshine, where he works on research, development and quality control for an all-organic whole-plant tincture line and offers education in herbal medicine. He is a founding member of the Burlington Herb Clinic where he works in clinical practice. He participates in herbal education at the University of Vermont, and is the author of The Wild Medicine Solution: Healing with Aromatic, Bitter and Tonic Plants (Healing Arts Press, 2013) and DIY Bitters (Fair Winds Press, 2016). He is currently developing the integrative herbal medicine department at Wasso District Hospital in Loliondo, Tanzania.
Guido's teaching style focuses on conveying the interconnections within the human organism and between the organism and its surrounding ecology. Relying on clinical experience, storytelling, and scientific research, he believes that true strength flows from nature, and that herbal medicine is key to sustainable, successful living.
In addition to presenting the keynote for this year's conference, Guido will also be teaching Herbalists and the Law: understanding the current landscape and becoming familiar with what is on the horizon.
About Guido:
Guido Masé RH(AHG) is a clinical herbalist, herbal educator, and garden steward specializing in holistic Western herbalism, though his approach is eclectic and draws upon many influences. He spent his childhood in Italy, in the central Alps and in a Renaissance town called Ferrara. After traveling the United States, he settled into Vermont where he has been living since 1996.
He is a founder, faculty member and clinical supervisor at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, a 501(c)(3) non-profit herbal medicine clinic and school that provides comprehensive services focused on whole plants and whole foods. He serves as chief herbalist for the Urban Moonshine, where he works on research, development and quality control for an all-organic whole-plant tincture line and offers education in herbal medicine. He is a founding member of the Burlington Herb Clinic where he works in clinical practice. He participates in herbal education at the University of Vermont, and is the author of The Wild Medicine Solution: Healing with Aromatic, Bitter and Tonic Plants (Healing Arts Press, 2013) and DIY Bitters (Fair Winds Press, 2016). He is currently developing the integrative herbal medicine department at Wasso District Hospital in Loliondo, Tanzania.
Guido's teaching style focuses on conveying the interconnections within the human organism and between the organism and its surrounding ecology. Relying on clinical experience, storytelling, and scientific research, he believes that true strength flows from nature, and that herbal medicine is key to sustainable, successful living.
In addition to presenting the keynote for this year's conference, Guido will also be teaching Herbalists and the Law: understanding the current landscape and becoming familiar with what is on the horizon.
Jamie Jackson
About Jamie:
Jamie has been studying home herbalism full time since 2008 and health since 1986. She specializes in growing herbs that have naturalized in Missouri and makes healing salves, skin butters, teas and extracts. She teaches around the midwest, giving plant walks and intensives. Her passion is creation dance and lucid dreaming and she loves to incorporate ancestral herbalism into her practice.
Jamie will be teaching Butters, Oils, Waxes and Salves.
About Jamie:
Jamie has been studying home herbalism full time since 2008 and health since 1986. She specializes in growing herbs that have naturalized in Missouri and makes healing salves, skin butters, teas and extracts. She teaches around the midwest, giving plant walks and intensives. Her passion is creation dance and lucid dreaming and she loves to incorporate ancestral herbalism into her practice.
Jamie will be teaching Butters, Oils, Waxes and Salves.
Jess Krueger
About Jess:
Thoughtful & exuberant herbalist, medicine maker, wildcrafter & zine writer Jess Krueger creates utilizing her hands and imaginative mind. She plays with what is seasonally abundant around her home in Viroqua, WI. Jess works with families to develop wellness through nourishing and dynamic herbal education according to their individual needs. She loves to teach people about plants: how to ID them, how to utilize them and how to make magic in the kitchen.
Jess will be teaching Harvesting & Preserving Herbs.
About Jess:
Thoughtful & exuberant herbalist, medicine maker, wildcrafter & zine writer Jess Krueger creates utilizing her hands and imaginative mind. She plays with what is seasonally abundant around her home in Viroqua, WI. Jess works with families to develop wellness through nourishing and dynamic herbal education according to their individual needs. She loves to teach people about plants: how to ID them, how to utilize them and how to make magic in the kitchen.
Jess will be teaching Harvesting & Preserving Herbs.
Jessie Wright
About Jessie:
Jessie has been a Registered Veterinary Technician for 6 years and is passionate about natural healthcare for pets. She has a 4 year degree in specialized veterinary science, and private study in western herbal remedies.
Jessie will be teaching Companion Animal Herbal Basics.
About Jessie:
Jessie has been a Registered Veterinary Technician for 6 years and is passionate about natural healthcare for pets. She has a 4 year degree in specialized veterinary science, and private study in western herbal remedies.
Jessie will be teaching Companion Animal Herbal Basics.
jim mcdonald
About jim:
Hailing from White Lake, MI, jim mcdonald has been practicing the art of herbcraft for over twenty years, and offers a knowledge of herbalism that blends western folk and indigenous views of healing with the Vitalist traditions of 19th century western herbalism. He has taught classes and workshops throughout Great Lakes bioregion and the US, hosts the website www.herbcraft.org & has written forPlant Healer Magazine, the Journal of the Ontario Herbalists Association, and Llewelyn's Herbal Almanac. He is currently writing (alternately) "A Great Lakes Herbal" and "Foundational Herbcraft".
jim is a community herbalist, a manic wild crafter and medicine maker, an occasional email mangler, and has been an ardent student of the most learned teachers of herbcraft...
In addition to the pre-conference plant walk intensive, jim will be teaching Oh, My Head... Herbs for Upper Respiratory Woe and Plantain for the People.
About jim:
Hailing from White Lake, MI, jim mcdonald has been practicing the art of herbcraft for over twenty years, and offers a knowledge of herbalism that blends western folk and indigenous views of healing with the Vitalist traditions of 19th century western herbalism. He has taught classes and workshops throughout Great Lakes bioregion and the US, hosts the website www.herbcraft.org & has written forPlant Healer Magazine, the Journal of the Ontario Herbalists Association, and Llewelyn's Herbal Almanac. He is currently writing (alternately) "A Great Lakes Herbal" and "Foundational Herbcraft".
jim is a community herbalist, a manic wild crafter and medicine maker, an occasional email mangler, and has been an ardent student of the most learned teachers of herbcraft...
In addition to the pre-conference plant walk intensive, jim will be teaching Oh, My Head... Herbs for Upper Respiratory Woe and Plantain for the People.
Joanne Bauman
About Joanne:
Joanne Bauman ( Prairie Magic Herbals) is a Kansas wise woman herbalist, teacher, herb grower and medicine-maker. Her love of the plants and easygoing teaching style makes learning and using your own herbal remedies accessible to everyone. Coping with lifelong arthritis, Joanne became a MA clinical psychologist to counsel persons with chronic pain, injuries and illnesses. Her commitment is to empower others with sustainable plant-based health care. Joanne is Community Herbal Apothecary Project Coordinator for Herbalists Without Borders. She presents at Mother Earth News Fair, The Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference,other area events and is writing her first book. See her website www.prairiemagicherbals.com.
Joanne will be teaching Herbs for Insomnia, Relaxation & Dreams and Prairie Medicine Plants.
About Joanne:
Joanne Bauman ( Prairie Magic Herbals) is a Kansas wise woman herbalist, teacher, herb grower and medicine-maker. Her love of the plants and easygoing teaching style makes learning and using your own herbal remedies accessible to everyone. Coping with lifelong arthritis, Joanne became a MA clinical psychologist to counsel persons with chronic pain, injuries and illnesses. Her commitment is to empower others with sustainable plant-based health care. Joanne is Community Herbal Apothecary Project Coordinator for Herbalists Without Borders. She presents at Mother Earth News Fair, The Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference,other area events and is writing her first book. See her website www.prairiemagicherbals.com.
Joanne will be teaching Herbs for Insomnia, Relaxation & Dreams and Prairie Medicine Plants.
Dr. Jody Noé, MS, ND
About Jody:
Dr. Jody E. Noé obtained her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Previous to this, she was awarded her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science degrees from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Noé serves as adjunct faculty to the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut College of Naturopathic Physicians, Bastyr University, the New England Women’s Herbal Conference, Southeastern Women’s Herbal Conference, Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) and several community colleges and private organizations, seminar and lecture series.
Dr. Noé is a founding member of the Botanical Medicine Academy and the Naturopathic Oncology Association, and is president emeritus for both the Oklahoma and Vermont Associations of Naturopathic Physicians. Dr. Noé’s specialty training in traditional herbal medicine, psychology and spirituality has made her a leader in the field of integrative medicine. Her background as a clinical research scientist and ethnobotanist has added a dimension of scientific knowledge to her traditional training that has made her a leading educator in her field. Visit her website: www.drjodyenoe.com/
Dr. Noé will be offering a 2 part pre-conference intensive on the medicinal uses of Cannabis. Dr. Noé will also be teaching Cherokee Household Medicine.
About Jody:
Dr. Jody E. Noé obtained her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Previous to this, she was awarded her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science degrees from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Noé serves as adjunct faculty to the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut College of Naturopathic Physicians, Bastyr University, the New England Women’s Herbal Conference, Southeastern Women’s Herbal Conference, Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) and several community colleges and private organizations, seminar and lecture series.
Dr. Noé is a founding member of the Botanical Medicine Academy and the Naturopathic Oncology Association, and is president emeritus for both the Oklahoma and Vermont Associations of Naturopathic Physicians. Dr. Noé’s specialty training in traditional herbal medicine, psychology and spirituality has made her a leader in the field of integrative medicine. Her background as a clinical research scientist and ethnobotanist has added a dimension of scientific knowledge to her traditional training that has made her a leading educator in her field. Visit her website: www.drjodyenoe.com/
Dr. Noé will be offering a 2 part pre-conference intensive on the medicinal uses of Cannabis. Dr. Noé will also be teaching Cherokee Household Medicine.
Kathryn Chapman
About Kathryn:
I have been studying and learning about herbs for about 20 or more years both formally and informally. I have a degree in Anthropology and work as an Archaeologist. However, I came to this stage late in life after years working in the health food industry, as a massage therapist and Reiki Master, as well as a grower and vendor at small rural Farmers' Markets. I especially love to introduce people to wild food plants and basic uses for herbs they may find easily in their own yards and neighborhoods.
Kathryn will be teaching Backyard Herbalism.
About Kathryn:
I have been studying and learning about herbs for about 20 or more years both formally and informally. I have a degree in Anthropology and work as an Archaeologist. However, I came to this stage late in life after years working in the health food industry, as a massage therapist and Reiki Master, as well as a grower and vendor at small rural Farmers' Markets. I especially love to introduce people to wild food plants and basic uses for herbs they may find easily in their own yards and neighborhoods.
Kathryn will be teaching Backyard Herbalism.
Kristine Brown, RH(AHG)
About Kristine:
Based out of Troy, IL (20 minutes away from St. Louis, MO), Kristine Brown, RH(AHG) is a traditional community herbalist and homeschooling mother of 4 children and 2 bonus (step) children. She has studied with Rosemary Gladstar, Isla Burgess and her mentors Leslie Alexander and Leslie Williams as well as spent countless hours in research and study. She offers an herbal product line, including her handmade herbal goat milk soaps, sees clients, teaches classes and hosts a study group focusing on the use of local herbs. In the past Kristine has facilitated a summer herbal workshop out of her home for children as well as coordinated the kid's camp for 4 years at the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference. She has also taught both adults and children around the country at conferences such as Traditions in Western Herbalism, Montana Herb Gathering, and Great Lakes Herb Faire. Currently she and Leslie Alexander co-facilitate the Herbal Activity Hub for kids at the annual AHG Symposiums.
In addition to her work with adults, Kristine writes the popular PDF zine for kids, Herbal Roots Zine which combines her love of herbs and drawing. You can find her at www.lunaherbco.com and www.herbalrootszine.com.
Kristine will be offering the pre-conference intensive Deepening Plant Knowledge Through Botanical Illustration and Plant Identification and will also be leading a moonlight plant walk. She will also be offering early morning botanical illustration.
About Kristine:
Based out of Troy, IL (20 minutes away from St. Louis, MO), Kristine Brown, RH(AHG) is a traditional community herbalist and homeschooling mother of 4 children and 2 bonus (step) children. She has studied with Rosemary Gladstar, Isla Burgess and her mentors Leslie Alexander and Leslie Williams as well as spent countless hours in research and study. She offers an herbal product line, including her handmade herbal goat milk soaps, sees clients, teaches classes and hosts a study group focusing on the use of local herbs. In the past Kristine has facilitated a summer herbal workshop out of her home for children as well as coordinated the kid's camp for 4 years at the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference. She has also taught both adults and children around the country at conferences such as Traditions in Western Herbalism, Montana Herb Gathering, and Great Lakes Herb Faire. Currently she and Leslie Alexander co-facilitate the Herbal Activity Hub for kids at the annual AHG Symposiums.
In addition to her work with adults, Kristine writes the popular PDF zine for kids, Herbal Roots Zine which combines her love of herbs and drawing. You can find her at www.lunaherbco.com and www.herbalrootszine.com.
Kristine will be offering the pre-conference intensive Deepening Plant Knowledge Through Botanical Illustration and Plant Identification and will also be leading a moonlight plant walk. She will also be offering early morning botanical illustration.
Laura Lago
About Laura:
Laura is a certified family herbalist, has owned an herb shop for 16 years, and has taught Herbalism 1 & 2, Aromatherapy 1 & 2, and Flower Essences at Arizona Western College for 6 years. She also offers workshops, lectures consultations and product formulation in the Tucson/Yuma area.
Laura will be teaching Using Herbs, Nutrition and Lifestyle to Address Adrenal Insufficiency.
About Laura:
Laura is a certified family herbalist, has owned an herb shop for 16 years, and has taught Herbalism 1 & 2, Aromatherapy 1 & 2, and Flower Essences at Arizona Western College for 6 years. She also offers workshops, lectures consultations and product formulation in the Tucson/Yuma area.
Laura will be teaching Using Herbs, Nutrition and Lifestyle to Address Adrenal Insufficiency.
Leslie Alexander, PhD, RH(AHG)
About Leslie:
Leslie Alexander, PhD, RH(AHG) is owner of Restoration Herbs in Erie, PA, where she has a clinical practice and works as a community herbalist. In 2014, Leslie's first book, Dental Herbalism: Natural Therapies for the Mouth, was published by Healing Arts Press. For Leslie, herbalism brings together years of using herbs, a passion for the outdoors and her training in health-related research. She received her B.Sc. from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Environmental Sciences and her Ph.D. from Heriot Watt University for her work with Enteromorpha, an intertidal seaweed. For several years she worked in England and Scotland as a research scientist, focusing her work on environmental factors affecting children’s health. Drawn increasingly to more natural ways of healing, she retrained as a Medical Herbalist and returned to the States in 2005. She completed a diploma in Herbal Medicine, with Honors, from ACHS and later her clinical training with Richard Mandelbaum RH(AHG). She continues to learn from students, colleagues and plants. Leslie has been an active general member of the American Herbalist’s Guild since 2004, a Registered Herbalist since 2009 and was invited to join the AHG governing council in 2013. She is also a member of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health and the American Botanical Council. Currently she divides her time between clinical practice, and her work as an educator, working with students and professionals, offering lectures and workshop opportunities for continuing education. Additionally, she offers individual holistic health & wellness consultations. When not at work, Leslie enjoys a number of hobbies, as well as her canine pal Ms ZadieBrindle, cooking, the outdoors, Tai Chi and QiGong. Leslie's website is www.restorationherbs.com/.
Leslie will be offering a pre-conference intensive and will also be teaching Dosing and Delivery Systems and Herbs for the Mouth: Just Kids! She will also be offering early morning Tai Chi.
About Leslie:
Leslie Alexander, PhD, RH(AHG) is owner of Restoration Herbs in Erie, PA, where she has a clinical practice and works as a community herbalist. In 2014, Leslie's first book, Dental Herbalism: Natural Therapies for the Mouth, was published by Healing Arts Press. For Leslie, herbalism brings together years of using herbs, a passion for the outdoors and her training in health-related research. She received her B.Sc. from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Environmental Sciences and her Ph.D. from Heriot Watt University for her work with Enteromorpha, an intertidal seaweed. For several years she worked in England and Scotland as a research scientist, focusing her work on environmental factors affecting children’s health. Drawn increasingly to more natural ways of healing, she retrained as a Medical Herbalist and returned to the States in 2005. She completed a diploma in Herbal Medicine, with Honors, from ACHS and later her clinical training with Richard Mandelbaum RH(AHG). She continues to learn from students, colleagues and plants. Leslie has been an active general member of the American Herbalist’s Guild since 2004, a Registered Herbalist since 2009 and was invited to join the AHG governing council in 2013. She is also a member of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health and the American Botanical Council. Currently she divides her time between clinical practice, and her work as an educator, working with students and professionals, offering lectures and workshop opportunities for continuing education. Additionally, she offers individual holistic health & wellness consultations. When not at work, Leslie enjoys a number of hobbies, as well as her canine pal Ms ZadieBrindle, cooking, the outdoors, Tai Chi and QiGong. Leslie's website is www.restorationherbs.com/.
Leslie will be offering a pre-conference intensive and will also be teaching Dosing and Delivery Systems and Herbs for the Mouth: Just Kids! She will also be offering early morning Tai Chi.
Leslie Williams, RH(AHG)
About Leslie:
I’m a crone, and have been at this herbal work more than 50 years, working with clients more than 30. I’ve worked mostly with folks who were not in the mainstream – LGBTQ, off the grid and back to the land, urban and rural poor, elderly and addicted – as well as dogs, cats and horses. I work to use more and more local herbal medicines – to be sustainable, cost effective and successful in changing the world one cup of tea and one student at a time.
Leslie will be teaching Going Very Local and hosting a Tree Medicine Walk.
About Leslie:
I’m a crone, and have been at this herbal work more than 50 years, working with clients more than 30. I’ve worked mostly with folks who were not in the mainstream – LGBTQ, off the grid and back to the land, urban and rural poor, elderly and addicted – as well as dogs, cats and horses. I work to use more and more local herbal medicines – to be sustainable, cost effective and successful in changing the world one cup of tea and one student at a time.
Leslie will be teaching Going Very Local and hosting a Tree Medicine Walk.
Linda Conroy
About Linda:
Linda Conroy, MSS, MLSP is an herbalist, wild foraging expert, doula, permaculturalist, and community organizer. She is also trained as a Wilderness First Responder. Linda's experience as an herbalist, wild forager, herbal educator and community organizer span over two decades. She is the creator of Moonwise Herbs, The Midwest Women's Herbal Conference and Wild Eats Community Meals. Drawing from years of experience Linda offers participants in her programs a connection to the natural world as well as practical skills for everyday life. For more information see www.moonwiseherbs.com.
Linda will be teaching Topical Application in Herbal Practice: A Lost Art.
About Linda:
Linda Conroy, MSS, MLSP is an herbalist, wild foraging expert, doula, permaculturalist, and community organizer. She is also trained as a Wilderness First Responder. Linda's experience as an herbalist, wild forager, herbal educator and community organizer span over two decades. She is the creator of Moonwise Herbs, The Midwest Women's Herbal Conference and Wild Eats Community Meals. Drawing from years of experience Linda offers participants in her programs a connection to the natural world as well as practical skills for everyday life. For more information see www.moonwiseherbs.com.
Linda will be teaching Topical Application in Herbal Practice: A Lost Art.
Mel Kasting
About Mel:
Mel Kasting is a clinical herbalist and medicine maker from St. Louis, MO, trained in the Pacific Northwest and the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. She has a small clinical practice and teaches classes on community herbalism. She is passionate about bioregional herbalism and the Midwest.
Mel will be teaching Advanced Herbal Preparations and Herbal Mandalas Kid Class.
About Mel:
Mel Kasting is a clinical herbalist and medicine maker from St. Louis, MO, trained in the Pacific Northwest and the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. She has a small clinical practice and teaches classes on community herbalism. She is passionate about bioregional herbalism and the Midwest.
Mel will be teaching Advanced Herbal Preparations and Herbal Mandalas Kid Class.
Nan Backes
About Nan:
Nan attended Bernadine Naturopathic College in the 1970's and earned a certificate in nutritional herbalism. She completed classes in nutrition and herbs through Dr. Christopher's School of Natural Healing. She has also attended various workshops and classes in essential oils and Chinese Medicine.
Nan will be teaching Nutrient Values of Some Common Culinary Herbs.
About Nan:
Nan attended Bernadine Naturopathic College in the 1970's and earned a certificate in nutritional herbalism. She completed classes in nutrition and herbs through Dr. Christopher's School of Natural Healing. She has also attended various workshops and classes in essential oils and Chinese Medicine.
Nan will be teaching Nutrient Values of Some Common Culinary Herbs.
Paul Angelini
About Paul:
A nomadic native of Michigan, Paul Angelini has been a student of the natural world since his youth. In 2011, he completed a permaculture design certificate course in Detroit, MI, and 2012 completed a 4-season traditional western herbalism intensive with noted Michigan-based herbalist jim mcdonald. His passions include book design, foraging, home cyder making, preserving and propagating genetics of wild apple varieties, nature-centered spirituality and folk magic traditions, and listening to a wide variety of music (especially jazz and the blues).
Paul will be teaching The Home Cyder Maker, In the Presence of the Sacred and hosting the Feasting in the Forest Plant Walk.
About Paul:
A nomadic native of Michigan, Paul Angelini has been a student of the natural world since his youth. In 2011, he completed a permaculture design certificate course in Detroit, MI, and 2012 completed a 4-season traditional western herbalism intensive with noted Michigan-based herbalist jim mcdonald. His passions include book design, foraging, home cyder making, preserving and propagating genetics of wild apple varieties, nature-centered spirituality and folk magic traditions, and listening to a wide variety of music (especially jazz and the blues).
Paul will be teaching The Home Cyder Maker, In the Presence of the Sacred and hosting the Feasting in the Forest Plant Walk.
Rebekah Dawn
About Rebekah:
Rebekah Dawn has been growing with and learning from the herbs for many years. As a community herbalist she gives plant walks and teaches people about the abundant health options growing in their lawns and waste places. Rebekah is a hospice volunteer and death doula in her community. She also works as an artist trying to express that which is beyond words in pulling back the veil on grief, life, health, and death. Her gardens and ceramic studio can be found at Labyrinth Gardens Botanical Sanctuary in Mulberry Grove, IL where she lives with her sons and her sweetheart.
Rebekah will be teaching Finding Wild Heart of Wholeness: Radical Self Care for Caregivers and hosting the Wild Salad! plant walk.
Renée Crozier Prince
About Renée:
Renee Crozier Prince is a clinician practicing community herbalism with a focus on cancer care. Fourth generation Floridian, her focus is on bioregional plant medicine as well as conservation and underserved communities.She founded NewMoon Herbal in 2010 as a way to create strong, affective herbal formulas with the bioregional plants of her area. Renee has been a teacher for more than twenty years, the co-director of the Traditions School of Herbal Studies; a clinical herbal training program, and is one of the stewards of a half-acre medicinal teaching farm.
Renée will be teaching Mastering Bone Broth: Alterations to Support Cancer, MS and Auto-immune Distress and hosting a plant walk titled Sacred Medicine of the Trees Plant Walk.
About Renée:
Renee Crozier Prince is a clinician practicing community herbalism with a focus on cancer care. Fourth generation Floridian, her focus is on bioregional plant medicine as well as conservation and underserved communities.She founded NewMoon Herbal in 2010 as a way to create strong, affective herbal formulas with the bioregional plants of her area. Renee has been a teacher for more than twenty years, the co-director of the Traditions School of Herbal Studies; a clinical herbal training program, and is one of the stewards of a half-acre medicinal teaching farm.
Renée will be teaching Mastering Bone Broth: Alterations to Support Cancer, MS and Auto-immune Distress and hosting a plant walk titled Sacred Medicine of the Trees Plant Walk.
Rose Marie Nuffer
About Rose Marie:
After over a decade of travel and many years studying herbalism, Rose has located herself in Little Rock where there is plenty of work to be done in building a thriving herbal community and making herbalism accessible for all people. While Rose grew up on farms, with hippy parents, she didn't fall in love with herbalism until her travels keep landing her amidst plant lovers and her desire to help combine with her own love of plants. Wanting to delve deeper she attended the California School of Herbal Studies in 2014 and apprenticed with 7Song in 2015. In the spring of 2016 she started teaching free workshops in Little Rock and truly enjoys inspiring people to engage with herbalism.
Rose Marie will be teaching A Taste of Herbs: Listening to Our Senses and Tea Tasting Time for Kids.
About Rose Marie:
After over a decade of travel and many years studying herbalism, Rose has located herself in Little Rock where there is plenty of work to be done in building a thriving herbal community and making herbalism accessible for all people. While Rose grew up on farms, with hippy parents, she didn't fall in love with herbalism until her travels keep landing her amidst plant lovers and her desire to help combine with her own love of plants. Wanting to delve deeper she attended the California School of Herbal Studies in 2014 and apprenticed with 7Song in 2015. In the spring of 2016 she started teaching free workshops in Little Rock and truly enjoys inspiring people to engage with herbalism.
Rose Marie will be teaching A Taste of Herbs: Listening to Our Senses and Tea Tasting Time for Kids.
Samantha Stolle
About Samantha:
Sammy Jo is a biologist, horticulturist, and eucator in the St. Louis area. She currently cares for 40 native garden beds and hosts interpretive programs. Prior to this position, Sammy served as Naturalist for the St. Louis Regional Headquarters of the Missouri Department of Conservation. Through these positions, Samantha has found her passion in connecting people of very diverse backgrounds to the natural world.
Samantha will be teaching Nature’s Color Wheel Kid Class.
About Samantha:
Sammy Jo is a biologist, horticulturist, and eucator in the St. Louis area. She currently cares for 40 native garden beds and hosts interpretive programs. Prior to this position, Sammy served as Naturalist for the St. Louis Regional Headquarters of the Missouri Department of Conservation. Through these positions, Samantha has found her passion in connecting people of very diverse backgrounds to the natural world.
Samantha will be teaching Nature’s Color Wheel Kid Class.
Stephany Hoffelt
About Stephany:
Stephany is an herbal educator and consultant in Iowa City, IA with a Bachelor's Degree in Health Arts and Sciences from Goddard College with a clinical focus on herbal therapeutics. She teaches herbal self-care at her local community college and is an associate academy educator with The Herbal Academy. She has presented at the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, The Midwest Herbfest, The AHG Symposium, and the Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference. She writes for several herbal publications including The Essential Herbal, Plant Healer Magazine and Natural Herbal Living magazine and maintains her own educational website at www.naturallysimple.org.
Stephany will be teaching Herbal Concoctions: Cordials, Liqueurs, and homemade Bitters.
About Stephany:
Stephany is an herbal educator and consultant in Iowa City, IA with a Bachelor's Degree in Health Arts and Sciences from Goddard College with a clinical focus on herbal therapeutics. She teaches herbal self-care at her local community college and is an associate academy educator with The Herbal Academy. She has presented at the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, The Midwest Herbfest, The AHG Symposium, and the Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference. She writes for several herbal publications including The Essential Herbal, Plant Healer Magazine and Natural Herbal Living magazine and maintains her own educational website at www.naturallysimple.org.
Stephany will be teaching Herbal Concoctions: Cordials, Liqueurs, and homemade Bitters.
Tiffanie Jones, ND
About Tiffanie:
Dr Tiffanie Jones earned a Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture and Agribusiness and later her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, WA. She did an internship at the National Center for the Preservation of Medicinal Herbs in Rutland, OH along with clinical care in Guatemala via Naturopaths Without Borders. She is passionate about plants and provides holistic care for all ages and health concerns in her home town of St Louis, MO.
Tiffanie will be teaching The Mysterious Powers of Flowers, Critical to Cultivate Plants and hosting the Friend or Foe Plant Walk Kids Class.
About Tiffanie:
Dr Tiffanie Jones earned a Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture and Agribusiness and later her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, WA. She did an internship at the National Center for the Preservation of Medicinal Herbs in Rutland, OH along with clinical care in Guatemala via Naturopaths Without Borders. She is passionate about plants and provides holistic care for all ages and health concerns in her home town of St Louis, MO.
Tiffanie will be teaching The Mysterious Powers of Flowers, Critical to Cultivate Plants and hosting the Friend or Foe Plant Walk Kids Class.