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Montana Herb Gathering Green Traditions: Whole Plant Medicine TEACHERS
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Meryl Kastin: has been working & playing among some of her best teachers - the healing plants- for over 17years. She has lots of hands-on experience with propogation, growing organically, harvesting sustainably, and making products consciously. Meryl's formal studies include graduating from Michael Moore's Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. She ran her own business, Alive & Wild Herbals, for 7 years while residing in the Southwest. Currently, she is co-owner of Two Ravens Herbals with Jim Floccini in North-central Idaho. (They offer a full line of medicines created from herbs almost exclusively wildcrafted or grown themselves.) Michael Pilarski is Friends of the Trees Society's director since 1978. He has 25 years of hands-on experience with organic farming, plant propagation, horticulture, and native plant seed collecting. He currently commercially grows and/or wildcrafts over 100 species of medicinal plants. His publications include "Restoration Forestry: an International Resource Guide to Sustainable Forestry Practices" and "Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology Resource Guide". Robyn Klein has taught herb classes for 20 years. She has served as a faculty member of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine (Bisbee, AZ); the Dominion Herbal College (Burnaby, British Columbia); the National School of Phytotherapy (Albuqueque, NM); the Yellowstone Institute (Yellowstone Park, WY), the Natural Products Institute (Canyon Ferry, MT); and three community colleges in the Seattle area. She is presently teaching a course on Herbal Medicine at Montana State University. A professional member of the American Herbalists Guild and a clinical herbalist, Robyn has been published in the Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism as well as dozens of other lay publications, and has authored a chapter in a book on conservation of medicinal plants. She is currently the chair of the Governor's Task Force on Wild Medicinal Plants. Elaine Sheff is a Clinical Herbalist, having graduated from both the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies and the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. She is a certified instructor of Fertility Awareness and Natural Family Planning, a safe, effective birth control method used to avoid or achieve pregnancy. Elaine has a clinical practice providing herbal consultations for individuals with health concerns. In the past, she has been one of the main organizers for the Montana Herb Gathering. Elaine teaches herb classes throughout the western United States and is the founder and co-owner of Meadowsweet Herbs in Missoula, Montana. Gregory L. Tilford is well known for his wrok in fields of veterinary herbalism and earth-conscious herbal studies. He is author of four books, including "From Earth to Herbalist" and "All you ever wanted to know about Herbs for Pets." Mary Wulff-Tilford is internationally known as a leading expert in field of holistic pet care. She is founder and president of Animals' Apawthecary, Inc., a company that produces low-alcohol herb formulas for companion animals. Mary is co-author of "All you ever wanted to know about Herbs for Pets." (Bowtie, 1999) Rebecca Wittenberg is an herbalist who has lived in Montana since May of 1994. She has been involved in herbal businesses since 1991, has formally studied ethnobotany in college,, and has formal training including the Southwest School of Botanical Studies with Michael Moore and an apprenticeship with Tiaraona Low-Dog. In 1996, she started Root Laughter Herbals, an herbal manufacturing company dedicated to bringing traditional medicinal herbs into food forms. Since selling it she has been devoted to teaching and clinical work Rebecca philosophically stands for local herbalism, people using mainly what they can grow or collect without damage to our planet, and each person's involvement in their own health, whether that be studying herbs, growing herbs, or reading articles about the pharmaceutical drugs they have decided to take. She believes in herbalism working with, not against, standard allopathic medicine. Alma Snell Was taught about wild foods and medicinal herbs by her grandmother, Pretty Shield. She is full- blood Crow and lives on the Crow Reservation in Montana with her husband. Alma teaches people the importance of eating wild plants and other things that make one healthy. Her new book, "Grandmother's Grandchild; My Crow Indian Life," was published in 2000 by University of Nebraska press. She will bring copies to sell. Roger Wicke, Ph.D. Is the founder and current director of the Rocky Mountain herbal Institute. He studied Traditional Chinese medicine herbology under C.S. Cheung, M.D., and Yat Ki Lai at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, graduating in 1985. He received the Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980; M.S. and B.S. in Bioelectrical Engineering also from MIT. He has conducted and published research in neurophysiology, perception, pharmacology, and electroacupunture at MIT, Boston University Medical School, and Stanford University . Roger teaches the first-year classes in Traditional Chinese Herbal Sciences. Rustem S Medora Has taught Pharmacognosy (the study of drugs from natural sources) for over 40 years. His undergraduate and masters degrees are from the University of Gujerat (India) and his doctorate is from the University of Rhode Island. His interests include production and distribution of crude plant drugs across the world. He is an honorary member of the Academy of Ayurveda Development and Research and has been appointed by the governor to serve on the Wild Medicinal Plants Task Force for the state of Montana. Sunny Mavor is a practicing herbalist from Bozeman, Montana. She is the founder of Herbs for Kids and co-author of Kids, Herbs and Health. Her teaching combines herbal wisdom, passion for the environment and inquisitiveness in current herbal research to create a spirited combination of past and future in every class. She is in private practice in Bozeman. |