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Herbal Recipes

Herbs the Word: Cleavers

Many weeds are medicinal to humans and... to landscapes. Weeds remediate toxic soil, break up compacted earth, create habitat for insects and anima...

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Plant Focus: Witch Hazel

Meet Nature's Natural Astringent Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana embodies the healing aspect of contraction. The pulse of life is expansion and co...

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Plant Focus: Rosemary

Rosemary, Salvia rosmarinus: Clarifying, uplifting, stimulating, neuroprotective, with application from nervous system to scalp. Rosemary is one of...

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Plant Focus: Turmeric

We often find ourselves a bit annoyed by plant trends. Like any respectable snob, we question the depth of the mass’s love, appreciation and true u...

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Herbs Growing Humans: Ocean Harvest Sea Vegetables

At FM, we see the direct and powerful bond between plants and farmers; they seem to grow each other. In this series, we want to share with you wh...

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Herbs Growing Humans: Sara Raskie and Tony H. Cervantes of Camil Teoyotica

Sara Raskie and Tony Cervantes live and grow on a farm called Calmil Teoyotica in our neighboring town of Nevada City. The words ‘Calmil Teoyotica’...

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Herbs Growing Humans: Soil Sisters Farm

Soil Sisters Farm is a diversified farm in the Sierra Nevada Foothills of California, on Nisenan land, and a stone’s throw from the South Fork of t...

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Plants for Protection

In these conditions, and when the threat of more fires looms, I think of plant allies for protection. Humans have depended on the protective powers...

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Take back the Term: ADAPTOGEN

Stress dominates many of our psyches. Trauma, external pressures, injustice, discrimination, inequality effect all of us to greater or lesser degre...