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Mushroom Medicine

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Wednesday, December 18th, 5:30-7pm

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Wednesday, December 18th, 5:30-7pm

Join herbalist Katherine Elmer  to traverse the folk wisdom and modern scientific understanding of some common wild and cultivated forest fungi.  We will sip Wild Mushroom Chai and discuss the processing and medicinal benefits of medicinal mushrooms such as shiitake, chaga, reishi and turkey tail.

Katherine Elmer, MS grew up in the green hills of Central Vermont and revels in the opportunity to connect with clients around a shared love of place and nature through whole foods nutrition and herbal medicine.  She is a clinically-trained community herbalist and lecturer on Herbal Medicine, Integrative Health and Food Systems topics at the University of Vermont.  She has a Master's in Natural Resources from UVM and has completed professional training through the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism.  She manages medicinal plant gardens on UVM campus and is the faculty advisor for the UVM student Herbalism Club.  She also teaches regular community classes and herb walks in the Burlington area.  She is the co-founder of the Burlington Herb Clinic at RAILYARD (burlingtonherbclinic.com) and an educational organization called Spoonful Herbals (spoonfulherbals.org) which offers a local Herbal CSA share program, a Community Herbalism Apprenticeship, offers “Backyard Apothecary” consultations to farmers and homesteaders, and organizes medicinal plant gleaning events (“Herb Mobs”) on area organic farms and public green spaces.  She is a proud mom to a 7 year old son, Liam, and 8 year old labradoodle, Maatje (pronounced Mott-yeh) and lives in Burlington’s Old North End.
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  • About
    • Our Team
    • Apothecary
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    • Directions
    • COVID-19
    • Testimonials
  • Shop
  • Services
    • Herbal consultations
    • Herbal formulations
    • Other wellness consultations
  • Classes & Events
    • Class Recordings
    • Herb of the Month
  • Book Now
  • Herbal Justice
    • Racial Justice
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