This week on Herbal Radio, host Lucretia Van Dyke is joined by the herbalist and author of her new book, Herbal Pharmacy, Betzy Bancroft. Join us as they explore:

• Betzy writing her first book, Herbal Pharmacy
• Benefits and versatility of herbal powders
• The rise of the mushroom drink trend
• United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary
• Teaching at Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary
• Gender inclusive language in educational writings

As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at [email protected] or reach out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/herbal.radio to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.

🎥 Check out the video interview to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JYMVahV6F2k

Learn more about Betzy below!

🪻 Betzy Bancroft, RH(AHG) has had a deep appreciation for the magic of plants since childhood. She's been teaching herbal medicine for over 3 decades, currently at Sage Mountain and the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, a non-profit herb school and clinic she helped found, as well as herbal and agricultural conferences. Betzy is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild practices as a clinical herbalist and a supervisor for VCIH's student clinic. Betzy is also a United Plant Savers Advisory Board member, and previously served as that organization's office manager for a decade. She has compiled her experience and curriculum in the new book, Herbal Pharmacy: the Science and Magic of Preparing and Administering Plant Medicine just published by Chelsea Green. Besides medicine making, Betzy is also fascinated by microbes and phytonutrients.

Join Betzy for her upcoming Herbal Pharmacy workshop on July 10-12, 2026 at Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary!

Learn more and register here: https://sagemountain.com/herbalpharmacy/

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🌻 Lucretia VanDyke began her herbalism journey as a little girl mixing herbs, clays, and muds on her grandparents' farm. Today, Lucretia VanDyke has been in the herbal industry for over 20 years. As a holistic educator, speaker, herbalist, ceremonialist, spiritual light coach, intuitive energetic & reiki practitioner, diviner, storyteller, artist, and world traveler, Lucretia has accumulated over 3000 hours of training. She has studied with indigenous healers and some of the greatest minds of our time. Lucretia has been a holistic esthetician & healing arts practitioner for over a decade focusing on integrating indigenous healing rituals, plant spirit medicine, and meditation into modern-day practice. Lucretia brings her vivacious spirit and message of self-love in her work to inspire others to embrace their unique beauty and purpose. Her work with herbs and sacred practices honors women's wholeness through grief work, sexual trauma, ancestor connection, womb healing, self-empowerment, food alchemy, and holistic skincare. She is currently collecting stories throughout the south while working on expanding her BIPOC community healing arts and herbal education program.

Find Lucretia on social media! @lucretia.vandyke

Lucertia's website: https://www.lucretiavandyke.com

Lucretia's Book, African American Herbalism: https://mountainroseherbs.com/african-american-herbalism

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