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A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor for The Herbalist Hour, Oshala Farm Oshala Farm is a beautiful and vibrant certified organic herb farm based in southern Oregon where they grow and sell over 80 different plant species.  LEARN MORE AND BUY | OshalaFarm.com In this episode of The Herbalist Hour, I'm joined in-person by the one and only Ellenie Cruz. We traveled to New Orleans, my favorite city, for my 40th birthday and had the opportunity to interview three incredible herbalists.  Ellenie was one of 'em and we met up at beautiful City Park to record this episode.  I first met Ellenie at the event she organized for several years, the NOLA Herbal Gathering. It was so good to sit down and catch up with her. She's had an incredible journey and I am honored to call her a friend. Ellenie Marie Mabaoyo Cruz-Hampton is a mother, educator, poet, student midwife, doula, herbalist, reiki master, food literacy educator, artist and designer. Ellenie uses her given and learned talents to promote the art of ancestral practices to heal self, family and community. Motivated by social justice, she has shifted from being a high school English teacher to a free agent and entrepreneur promoting radical change through holistic wellness, self-care and community building.  Thanks for tuning in and we'll see you in the next episode, ~Mason LINKS & RESOURCES Asc3nsion Art | Asc3nsionArt.com Ellenie on Instagram | @asc3nsion_art Wild Ginger Community Herbal Center | WildGingerHerbalCenter.com Ylang Ylang Herbal Gathering | LEARN MORE & REGISTER 🎵 Theme Song by Torin Frost Torin Frost on Spotify | TUNE IN 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

OPEN ENROLLMENT! Rooted Medicine Circle Rooted Medicine Circle is a 9-month journey that takes you into deeply understanding herbs by getting your hands dirty and making medicines! LEARN MORE & REGISTER Enrollment will close on January 29 at 5pm Pacific time. We are so excited to share Rooted Medicine Circle, an online course from our friends Rosalee de la Forêt and Emily Han. (You may know them as the best-selling authors of Wild Remedies and Alchemy of Herbs.) Rosalee and Emily provide a structured (yet flexible) approach to making herbal medicines. No more on-again, off-again as they help you joyfully commit to your herbal medicine making practice and feel intentional in your path of home herbalism! In Rooted Medicine Circle, you’ll go deep into making the most important medicines, yet the course is well paced so that it easily fits into your life. You’ll also join a thriving community of like-minded and inclusive herbalists where you can get support and grow your network, take part in regular medicine-making classes, question-and-answer sessions, and community get-togethers. LEARN MORE & REGISTER

The 2025 Rooted Medicine Circle FREE Mini-Course is now LIVE! Learn how to make herbal remedies that you can confidently rely on. LEARN MORE & REGISTER In the free Rooted Medicine Circle Mini Course, you’ll find out how to:  Avoid 7 common herbal pitfalls so that you can make powerful remedies that heal Make high-quality herbal teas and know when to use them Connect with other herb lovers in the mini course forum And more!  The Rooted Medicine FREE Mini-Course is only available for a limited time.  LEARN MORE & REGISTER We had a wonderful visit with Rosalee de la Forêt in Twisp, WA back in the early spring of 2023.  During our visit, I had the good fortune of interviewing her for The Herbalist Hour.  In this segment of the show, Rosalee takes us around her garden and teaches us all about one of her favorite plant allies, violet. WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

Herbal Materia Medica Monthly | Cedar Mountain Herb School Join a community of plant-loving folks and receive weekly bite-sized lessons to fit into your busy life! LEARN MORE & REGISTER In this short clip, renowned herbalist Suzanne Tabert introduces us to Hawthorn, aka Crataegus monogyna.  WATCH THIS CLIP ON YOUTUBE Hawthorn has incredible medicinal uses, virtues, and has an affinity for the heart ❤️ For the full class, you got to check out Cedar Mountain Herb School's INCREDIBLE resource "Materia Medica Monthly". LEARN MORE & REGISTER 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

The 2025 Rooted Medicine Circle FREE Mini-Course is now LIVE! Learn how to make herbal remedies that you can confidently rely on. LEARN MORE & REGISTER In the free Rooted Medicine Circle Mini Course, you’ll find out how to:  Avoid 7 common herbal pitfalls so that you can make powerful remedies that heal Make high-quality herbal teas and know when to use them Connect with other herb lovers in the mini course forum And more!  The Rooted Medicine FREE Mini-Course is only available for a limited time.  LEARN MORE & REGISTER We had a wonderful visit with Rosalee de la Forêt in Twisp, WA back in the early spring of 2023.  During our visit, I had the good fortune of interviewing her for The Herbalist Hour.  In this segment of the show, Rosalee takes us around her garden and teaches us all about one of her favorite plant allies, dandelion.  WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

The 2025 Rooted Medicine Circle FREE Mini-Course is now LIVE! Learn how to make herbal remedies that you can confidently rely on. LEARN MORE & REGISTER In honor of the reopening of the Rooted Medicine Circle, we're replaying our Herbalist Hour episode with Rosalee de la Forêt & Emily Han from last year.  For full shownotes, and to get the Mandarin and Evergreen Shrub PDF recipe, CLICK HERE.  In the free Rooted Medicine Circle Mini Course, you’ll find out how to:  Avoid 7 common herbal pitfalls so that you can make powerful remedies that heal Make high-quality herbal teas and know when to use them Connect with other herb lovers in the mini course forum And more!  The Rooted Medicine FREE Mini-Course is only available for a limited time.  LEARN MORE & REGISTER 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

Join herbalist Lupo Passero from the Appalachian Herb Collective as she walks us through how to set up community herbal hubs and mobile clinics in the face of tragedy. WATCH THIS WEBINAR SLIDESHOW ON YOUTUBE The Appalachian Herb Collective (AHC) is an Herbal Re-leaf effort created in response to the devastation inflicted throughout our area after Hurricane Helene decimated and displaced so many. This is a grass roots effort of local Herbalists on the ground, meant to directly hep the folks affected by this catastrophic event. They have dubbed themselves, the Appalachian Herb Collective (AHC) as they are covering as many counties in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee as possible offering Free Herbal Mutual Aid hubs.  They currently have various locations set up in Madison, Buncombe and Yancey County in North Carolina as well as Unicoi County, Tennessee and are actively working to set up even more AHC stations to support as many areas affected as possible.  LINKS & RESOURCES LEARN MORE | AppalachianHerbCollective.net DONATE | LEARN MORE Twin Star Herbs | TwinStarTribe.com 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

Join herbalists Jeannie Dunn, Lupo Passero and Melissa from the Appalachian Herb Collective as they discuss their work with the Appalachian Herb Collective and how you can help their re-leaf efforts.  The Appalachian Herb Collective (AHC) is an Herbal Re-leaf effort created in response to the devastation inflicted throughout our area after Hurricane Helene decimated and displaced so many. This is a grass roots effort of local Herbalists on the ground, meant to directly hep the folks affected by this catastrophic event. They have dubbed themselves, the Appalachian Herb Collective (AHC) as they are covering as many counties in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee as possible offering Free Herbal Mutual Aid hubs.  They currently have various locations set up in Madison, Buncombe and Yancey County in North Carolina as well as Unicoi County, Tennessee and are actively working to set up even more AHC stations to support as many areas affected as possible.  LINKS & RESOURCES LEARN MORE | AppalachianHerbCollective.net DONATE | LEARN MORE Twin Star Herbs | TwinStarTribe.com Red Moon Herbs | RedMoonHerbs.com 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor for The Herbalist Hour, Oshala Farm Oshala Farm is a beautiful and vibrant certified organic herb farm based in southern Oregon where they grow and sell over 80 different plant species.  LEARN MORE AND BUY | OshalaFarm.com In this episode of The Herbalist Hour, I'm joined by Robin Rose Bennett. Robin Rose is a story-teller, writer, and herbalist. She has been offering classes in WiseWoman Healing Ways: Herbal Medicine and EarthSpirit Teachings since 1986 - at herb conferences, festivals, clinics, medical and nursing schools, and most joyously, outside with the plants.  She recently released another incredible book called "The Young Green Witch's Guide to Plant Magic". I had so much fun reading through it, we had to have her back on the show to go in-depth on the book. We chat about what inspired her to write the book, how we can give back to the plants, the "connection ritual", why a dandelion doesn't want to be a rose and what we can learn from that, how we can cultivate a sense of kinship with plants and a ton more. This is one of my all time favorite interviews and I know you're goin' to love it!  Thanks for tuning in and we'll see you in the next episode, ~Mason LINKS & RESOURCES BOOK: Young Witch's Guide to Plant Magic | BUY ON AMAZON BOOK: Young Witch's Guide to Plant Magic | BUY AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY Robin Rose Bennett | RobinRoseBennett.com Robin Rose Bennett on Instagram | @robinrosebennett 🎵 Theme Song by Torin Frost Torin Frost on Spotify | TUNE IN 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.

A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor for The Herbalist Hour, Oshala Farm Oshala Farm is a beautiful and vibrant certified organic herb farm based in southern Oregon where they grow and sell over 80 different plant species.  LEARN MORE AND BUY | OshalaFarm.com In this episode of The Herbalist Hour, I'm joined by Lindsay Kolasa. Lindsay is a community herbalist, traditional food ways educator, soul-worker, and Yoga Teacher with a background in non-profit management and social service work.   We chat about how she got into herbalism, how herbs helped her with psychosis, mental health through an herbalist's lens, studying with Phyllis Light, how we integrate herbalism back into American society and a whole lot more. Hope you all enjoy and we'll see you in the next episode!  ~Mason LINKS & RESOURCES Lindsay Kolasa | LindsayKolasa.com Lindsay on LinkedIn | CONNECT WITH LINDSAY Blog by Lindsay on Psychosis | READ THE POST BOOK: Adventures of a Frontier Naturalist | BUY THE BOOK 🎵 Theme Song by Torin Frost Torin Frost on Spotify | TUNE IN 🌼WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  👉 CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! 🌿WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER | HerbRally.com/Schoolhouse Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com DISCLAIMER The information in this episode is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice provided by your physician or other medical professionals. Always consult a health care practitioner before using any herbal remedy or food, especially if you are nursing, pregnant, or have any medical condition.