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Jul 247 min read

What Does Racism Have to Do with Plants? A Debriefing on BIPOC Scholarship

Over the years, it has been brought to my attention that my decision to offer financial discounts to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People...

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Jul 28 min read

Differential Morphology: Milkweed and Dogbane

Most people who are acquainted with Milkweed know it as the “Monarch Butterfly host plant.” If you do a quick search for news headlines...

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Dec 16, 20236 min read

[Student Highlight] Herbalism Through the Ages: Echinacea

The following is an essay submitted for the Foundations of Bioregional Herbalism 2023 program by student Talia Shearer. Echinacea is a...

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Mar 24, 202310 min read

Reconnecting through Wild Foods

These notes were originally presented as a Tucker Talks at Tucker&Co Bakery in Dillsburg, PA March 21, 2023. We live in an uneasy time. 6...

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Aug 24, 20225 min read

Leave a Trace

When we see ourselves as valuable members of the ecosystem and work cooperatively within that system, it does leave a trace.

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Jan 26, 202230 min read

The Discord of Invasion Ecology

The noble pursuit of conservation. We have been led to believe that without it, extractivism would destroy the precious landscapes that...

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Oct 8, 20216 min read

Differential Morphology: White Snakeroot & Boneset

Heralded for its effectiveness for influenza, Boneset has become known as one the most historically important herbal allies of the 18th,...

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Jun 18, 20213 min read

Ancestors of Place

When we reintegrate back into the land and back into place based practice, we invite these local plants back into our lives as ancestors.

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Northern Appalachia School
Herbalism • Ethnobotany • Ecology • Earth Skills

Located in South Central Pennsylvania

Northern Appalachia School Herbalism • Ethnobotany • Ecology • Earth Skills

Northern Appalachia School
Herbalism • Ethnobotany • Ecology • Earth Skills