Posted December 17th, 2011 by
Ann Armbrecht 
Photo by Larken Bunce
Numen: the animating force in all things living.
Numen: the Healing Power of Plants bridges worlds that aren’t often linked: spirit, ecology, and health, to show how each is essential in healing. We are creating this blog to extend the exploration initiated in the film to conversations about healthcare in our communities.
Our vision in producing Numen is to help launch a grassroots medicine movement that is as widespread and powerful as the local food movement. We hope that the film as well as discussions around topics in the film at screenings and here, on-line, can spark new conversations and debates about health and wellness and inspire real, tangible actions in communities across the country.
Posted February 10th, 2012 by
Ann Armbrecht 
Elderberries
We’ll be posting Jeff Carpenter of Zackwood Farm’s list soon!
In the meantime, we’d love to know what herbs you recommend we all grow for keeping ourselves, our families and our communities well as we transition beyond fossil fuels …
Posted February 9th, 2012 by
Ann Armbrecht Goldthread Herbal Apothecary is a fantastic example of grassroots, community based medicine. Like many herb schools, they offer classes, apprentice programs, and herbal medicines for sale. But to me their community supported medicine program (CSM) is the most exciting – and revolutionary – work they are doing. I was thrilled to be able to speak with William Siff about his vision behind this model. Lots more information is available on their website!
Ann: I love the model of herbal CSAs on so many different levels and wondered if you could talk some about how you came to create an herbal CSA. What is your vision is with your CSA? And why do you think it is important?
Posted January 29th, 2012 by
Ann Armbrecht I love this quotation from Rosemary Gladstar from the film and thought a little summertime beauty might be nice now in deep winter:
With people who are severely ill, deeply ill, I think you have to seduce them back to wellness. And you do that by making life appealing again. You make good tasting teas, you put beautiful flowers in their room: they can be medicinal plants in that bouquet, plants that have that healing energy. You plant gardens, you paint the rooms beautiful colors. You make life beautiful so that people want to live. Beauty is what brings us back to wellness, what makes us want to be healthy and vital.
Posted January 17th, 2012 by
Ann Armbrecht
by Sandra Lory
Just a quick post to say there are loads of great handouts on herbal medicine making in our resource guide!
You’ll find information on everything from harvesting to making teas and tinctures to herbal remedies for depression, anxiety, fevers and more.
This is kitchen medicine at its finest and the best way to start taking your health care into your own hands – so roll up your sleeves and start experimenting!
