herbs
Herbalist, food systems expert connects local people to local plants with foraging
by (MaddieForshee)
Submitted 04-28-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
Eating healthy, natural, local food has gained popularity recently as knowledge about the importance of sustainability and eating local becomes easier to access. One way that people in the Grand Rapids area can learn more about eating and supporting...
Foraging Grand Rapids: Plantain
by (rachelcc)
Submitted 09-03-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Plantain is one of my favorite plants - it's so round and happy looking, so unassuming, yet packed with serious medicine for much of what ails you. Once I learned to identify it, I found it everywhere; it's so ubiquitous the Indians called...
Foraging Grand Rapids: Purslane
by (rachelcc)
Submitted 08-16-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Note: This is the first article in a series that I will be writing about foraging in West Michigan. I begin describing my foraging adventures in the city of Grand Rapids and its outer limits with purslane deliberately, because purslane only...
Uptown adds a bit of Elder & Sage
by (saradipity)
Submitted 08-04-2011 under NEWS
“To remain healthy, you need ten hugs a day,” explained current Naturopathic Institute of Therapies & Education student Asher Thayer at a recent free community workshop about natural healing remedies. Held at the newly-opened...