tackling the late november- post election haze photo: my hand holding fresh valerian root from alemany farm, november 2024 When I left my...

(and when it doesn't) On the messiness of where we come from and being wrong on the internet. I have been thinking a lot about how I more...

Plant-forward reminders for the first weeks of school. Are you ready for your fall routine? As summer fades, many people, children and...

Tips to engage with this moment on the Wheel of the Year. Dry hillsides and fennel flowers represent this moment in coastal California....

My first lesson from Southern Italy was about fertility and belonging. Being in Italy opened up a portal for the conversation I've been needing to have with the plants we know as “European” plants. Somewhat like the stories of my family line, details have been dropped, forgotten or changed. A plant that can tell this story is Queen Anne's Lace, or Wild Carrot, Daucus carota . Ancient traditional knowledge and herbalists know that consuming the seed of this plant at the corre

On the precipice of a Southern Italian pilgrimage. My hand holding a bottle of Motherwort tincture, with a slow cooker and the book...

Eight weeks, seven interns, so much medicine. This week brings Herbs & Roses, an internship program I designed and led at Alemany Farm in...

What's up with accessible healing health spaces in SF? I've been thinking a lot about this question ever since I heard that Circle...

I'd like to think that everyone who reads this has, yes, already made a cup of tea. But do you know how to make MEDICINAL TEA? There are...

Tips for kicking the common cold. I was sick last week. And if I'm being honest, I'm still sick. It's especially annoying because it...