Sarah Holmes interviews Sara Calvosa Olson @thefrybreadriot, author of Chími Nu’am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen. Follow their discussion as they explore Native California foods, Indigenous food sovereignty, recipes, ethics of wildcrafting, community and more. ⁠Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

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Join Sarah Holmes and her guest Danielle Benjamin @templeofearth @templefreedomschool for an exploration of reclaiming herbal legacy, creating community through plant medicine and Black indigeneity. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

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Join host Renée Camila for an exploration on Yarrow and boundaries. Why is Yarrow renown for boundaries? Where does that spiritual indication come from? What can this indication teach us about understanding plant spirit medicine and learning from plants directly?

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Join host Renée Camila and guest Liz Migliorelli for an exploration of the poetics of flower essences. During this episode Liz shares her understanding of flower essences, how folktales and cultural story traditions inform herbalism, and her favorite essences of the season.

Liz Migliorelli is a herbalist, educator and storyteller who lives in the Hudson Valley of New York on Munsee-Lenape-Esopus lands.

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Join Sarah Holmes for an exploration of grief and the plants that support us at this time.

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Join Sarah Holmes for an exploration of herbs to support the respiratory system.

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Join host Emiliano Lemus and guest Violet Moon for “Medicinal Ecologies,” an Herbal Highway series in which we explore the natural medicines present in California ecosystems. This month, we visit the California coastline, and discuss the herbs that can be found where the land meets the ocean. Violet Moon is a clinical herbalist and native plant specialist based in Oakland, CA (unceded Lisjan Ohlone land).

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The Herbal Highway enhances the community’s knowledge of herbal medicine and alternative choices to standard medical practices for healing. In order to have balanced life, The Herbal Highway actively supports and promotes Indigenous land rights, protection of sacred sites and the sustainability of the Earth as integral parts of individual, community and global healing. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

Hosted and produced by Karyn Sanders and Sarah Holmes. Additionally hosted by Emiliano Lemus and Renee Camila.

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Join Renée Camila and her guest Kelly McCarthy for an exploration of perimenopause. During this episode Kelly shares a roadmap of what to expect and walks us through herbal and dietary support. Kelly is a clinical herbalist and Somatic Experiencing practitioner living and gardening on Abenaki land in Vermont.

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Renée Camila digs into plants and energetics for resilience of the mind. This is the third of our three part series on resilience. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theherbalhighway.

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