Tag Archives: medicinal herbs
Secrets From the Green Farmacy Garden
A group of lucky Wellness staff and managers were treated to a day with two distinguished talents in herbal medicine. Christopher Hobbs, prolific author, wise clinical herbalist, world traveler, and collector of over 5000 medicine and plant books, took us … Continue reading
Posted in Native plants, Natural Health, Nutrition
Tagged andrographis, angelica, ashwaganda, Baltimore, black walnut, blackberry lily, chicory, coleus forskohlii, dong quai, Dr Christopher Hobbs, Dr James Duke, elecampane, fo ti, gazebo, giant butterbur, goldenseal, greater plantain, Green Farmacy Garden, ground ivy, Grow it Heal It, herbalist, lily pond, medicinal herbs, milkweed, olive, Peggy Duke, plantago major, poppy bloom, rain forest, raspberry, red root, shamans, The Green Pharmacy, tribal guides, turmeric, wormwood
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Shade Grown Coffee is For The Birds
No really, it is. There’s even a certification for it from the Smithsonian. The first sustainable coffee congress was in 1996 and the shade issue emerged out of that meeting as a sustainable alternative to ‘sun-grown’ coffee with two certifications … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Fruits, Native plants, Organic Food
Tagged atmosphere, Baltimore Orioles, broca, canopy, certification program, coffee, coffee market, cofffee borer bug, Conservation, crops, ecology, ecosystem, erosion, Fair for Life, flora fauna, foliage, fun facts, gluten free, indigenous species, kosher, Latin America, medicinal herbs, migratory birds, monoculture, native trees, Non-GMO Project, nutrients, organic certification, orioles, parrots, preservation, shade grown. bird friendly, Smithsonian, South America, specialty coffee, sun coffee, tanagers, thrushes, toucans, USDA certification, warblers, whole grain
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