Archive for May, 2012

Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, a Conversation with Florence Williams

Posted May 15th, 2012 by Ann Armbrecht

Florence Williams is a contributing editor at Outside Magazine and a freelance writer for New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slate, Mother Jones, High Country News, O-Oprah, W., Bicycling and numerous other publications. Recently she was a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado's Journalism School.

“Breasts are a mirror of our industrial lives,” Florence Williams writes in her new book, Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History recently published by Norton. As she goes on to say,

Grassroots Healthcare: a conversation with clinical herbalist Larken Bunce

Posted May 3rd, 2012 by Ann Armbrecht

Larken Bunce MS is a clinical herbalist, educator, gardener, writer, and photographer deeply inspired by a life-long love affair with plants

I’ve known Larken for many years, through her work creating the new herb school in town, while working together in the Health Arts and Sciences Program at Goddard College, and most importantly, while dancing! Larken is a leader in envisioning how we can create more sustainable and resilient community-based healthcare and in working toward that vision by co-founding the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism.  Some of Larken’s fantastic handouts on using medicinal herbs for common ailments can be found in our resource guide and her stunning photographs of plants can be found here and on our website. Thank you, Larken!