Herbalist, homesteader and author Bevin Cohen of Small House Farm returns to spread the good word about making your own seed and nut oils at home! He's just written a new book called The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut OIls Growing, Foraging and Pressing. Oils and fats are a crucial part of every humans diet, and having healthy oils is very important. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
In this episode we have the honor of speaking with wild foods expert and author Samuel Thayer about why Into The Wild lied to you, how you can sustainably harvest ramp bulbs, how you can produce an amazing amount of healthy and tasty oil from bitternut hickory, and why temperate climates produce so much food. You can find Samuel at TheForagersHarvest.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
In this episode we speak with our friend Amanda Breeze about the cannabis business, how to maximize the therapeutic and recreational effects of this master plant, and why it smells like skunk... You can find Amanda at https://linktr.ee/EmeraldTemple I (Isaac) will be speaking at the AstroMagia conference with is October 8-10, and you can get a 15% reduction before June 12th by using this code: AM22RISE+ at AstroMagia.org. I'll be speaking on 17th century Astrological herbalism and natural magic, and I will be joining an absolutely stacked lineup including Austin Coppock, Demetra George, Christopher Warnock, Lee Lehman and Freedom Cole among others. Also, I am offering free horary readings one last time before I start charging for them, so email me a burning question to ( info at plantcunning dot com ) before July and I will send you a free analysis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
Lisa is a "a human being, a mother, a way shower, an artist, awriter and an obsessive gardener. I have spent the last 30 years working in my gardens, tending and talking to the flowers and plants that grow there. I love learning about the plants, not just from books or classes, but directly from my connection and relationships with them." You can find her at mysoulflower.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
In this episode we speak with herbalist, entrepreneur and teacher Ben LeVine about the science behind why and how adaptogens work, the common chemistry behind many of these herbs, about going from dumpster diving, to working at Celestial Seasonings, to co-founding Rasa, an herbal company that provides coffee alternatives that are "obsessively sustainable" - and we get into what that means, and how to actually scale up herbalism in a way that helps heal the earth. If you're interested in attending sliding-scale priced classes on herbalism with AC this month (May 2022) visit her website, www.travelingherbfarmer.com/education to learn more and register. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
In this episode, which was first available to the Patrons, we dive into the houses in Medical Astrology, into how to identify a curse, and collective health trends reflected in the skies. Judith is an incredible person and a wealth of knowledge and these episodes are truly gems. Check out her work at https://www.judithhillastrology.com/ and if you'd like to learn from her online astrology school, see the Academy for Astrological Medicine here, https://www.academyforastrologicalmedicine.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
In this episode we talk about our early spring, what new plants we're starting (Udo, Chinese Licorice, Ground Plum Milkvetch, Bush Morning Glory, Baptisia tinctoria) etc, our favorite episodes since the last duocast, and how they all fit together. Use our affiliate link to register for free, or purchase the recordings for the Women Working for the Earth Summit: https://www.womenworkingfortheearth.com/?ac=UTnGeAhy It's happening NEXT weekend, April 16-24, 2022 online with speakers like Winona LaDuke, Rosemary Gladstar, Rocio Alarcon, Linda Black Elk and Leah Penniman sharing their unique ways of working with nature and each other. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
Karen Rose has dedicated her life’s work to empowering individuals to reconnect to their own ancestral traditions, rooted in her native land of Guyana with a dash of desert life from her time in Arizona and her many years in Brooklyn, NY. Regarded as a Spiritual Herbalist, Karen is revered for being the first to teach Spiritual Herbalism, plant medicine deeply rooted in ancestral healing and spiritual consciousness. Offering guidance to those on the path to finding the truth, she has trained over 400 herbalists through her Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship program as an act to reclaim their own health and offer healing to their own communities. She's recently come out with an amazing new book: The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal & Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine. You can find her on IG and at sacredvibeshealing.com This is a rich conversation. We touched on topics like ancestral healing, how grief can hang in the lungs, her favorite plants for heart healing, what spiritual herbalism means to her and what apprenticing with her may be like. It was an honor and a pleasure to learn about Karen's life and her work. Enjoy the episode. Upcoming Free Live Event on Earth Day Weekend: The ONE Summit or Women Working for the Earth Summit is going to be well worth checking out for some heart soothing, inspiring and connecting listening from some of the most incredible activists, healers, nature lovers of our time. This event led by @natureevolutionaries is happening the weekend of Earth Day, April 21st - 24th, 2022 and features over 30 speakers. Use our affiliate link to check out the Women Working for the Earth Summit here: https://www.womenworkingfortheearth.com/?ac=UTnGeAhy to support us if you decide to purchase the all access pass for the recordings (it's $67 and they give us a generous half of that). Check out the speakers of the summit and the topics that they are going to share with the world. It's pretty amazing. To name a few: Winona LaDuke, Leah Penniman, Tammi Sweet, Rosemary Gladstar, Rosita Arvigo and many inspiring plant people. Ya'all will love it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
In this episode we interview Anima Pundeer, a spiritual friend of Isaac's. We talk about what she knows for sure, who she really is, growing up in rural India and moving to the US where she found a group of like minded aspirants, and answers to her deepest questions. She recently wrote a book called Always Right Behind You: Parables & Poems of Love & Completion with Art Ticknor, who was on episode 34 of the podcast. She's also speaking at the TAT Foundation April meeting near Durham NC, if you're interested. If you'd like to become a patron, go to Patreon.com/PlantCunning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
Sophie is a Writer, Neo-Troubadour Animist, Compost Heap from the Hudson Valley, with two titles forthcoming from Inner Traditions. In this episode we speak with her about coming to learn from plants and mushrooms after a difficult diagnosis, about how stories saved her life, and why she loves to write, about the importance of seeing myths within their ecological framework, and a magical story about a golden rose. You can find her at: http://sophiestrand.com/, on IG (@Cosmogyny), FB, and SubStack. If you like this show, and want to support it, go to Patreon.com/plantcunning --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support