Organic raw herbs

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone has a source they can share with me for certified

organic raw

herbs. Many of my patients have been asking for this and I am not sure where to

find

them.

Thank you,

Trevor

[Guest guest]

Trevor,

Allow me to introduce you to Jean Giblette via part of her recent newsletter,

which I copy below. She grows Chinese herbs in upstate New York (mainly for

seed stock)and is part of a national consortium of herb growers. Her website is

noted in the text below, where you can begin to explore the efforts of those

involved in this early stage of domestic growing.

Ann

 

 

 

Dear Friend of High Falls Gardens,

 

Mother Nature bestowed extra abundance on HFG this summer. At the Hillview Farm

field the Phellodendron and Schisandra are loaded with their biggest crops of

fruit ever. Regular rainfall saves us the work of deploying the irrigation

system. Our highly competent team of graduate interns are tough enough to bust

sod, withstand bee stings, zip through glitches like dead car batteries, and yet

tender enough to appreciate all the garden experience can offer. While the rest

of world seems to be tripping over its illusions and falling apart, we take

refuge in earth-bound reality.

**** Benefactor Matches Gifts to Botanical Studies for OM ****

A generous private benefactor of High Falls Gardens has agreed to match half of

all gifts to the Botanical Studies program for the next three years! Yes, your

$100 becomes $150, your $1,000 becomes $1,500 to support universal access to the

plants for students and practitioners of Oriental Medicine. As reported early

this year, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation granted $200,000 toward our $500,000

program which in 2006-2008 will upgrade 15 garden sites around the nation (most

at colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine), train teachers and develop

study materials and curriculum.

 

So please help us demonstrate the strength and authority of the profession of

Oriental Medicine in determining the future for their medicinal plants. Many of

you have already responded affirmatively; we need to broaden this base of

support within the profession as much as possible. Write your check payable to

the High Falls Gardens Fund, and send to Box 125, Philmont NY 12565. Your gift

is fully tax-deductible and will be gratefully acknowledged.

 

**** Finally, A Website for HFG ****

Yes, it's online at www.highfallsgardens.net. The structure has plenty of room

for expansion -- more thumbnail photos of plants, progress reports from garden

programs, a good selection of links. Let us know what you'd like to see on the

site.

 

 

 

.....and also this.....

 

 

The following weekend, the New Mexico Herb Growers Association debuted with a

triumphal day-long Herbal Expo held at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in

Albuquerque. Jean joined the New Mexican presenters headed by the state's

Secretary of Agriculture, Miley Gonzalez, who left his vacation retreat on a

Sunday morning to give the keynote speech. (Try to picture that happening in

any other state.) Dr. Gonzalez asked the approximately 150 attendees, about

half herbal practitioners and half growers, to contact their legislators to

advocate for the shift of agriculture funding toward specialty crop development.

This must happen first at the state level, he said, before federal policy will

change.

In several ways New Mexico has become an important center for our work. There

is a living memory of the healing plants; Hispanic and Native Americans were

dependent on traditional medicine until after World War II. Today a hefty,

healthily contentious mix of native healers and plant specialists, naturopaths

and, of course, Oriental medicine practitioners enliven the scene. New Mexico

encompasses several different ecosystems and climate zones. Although water

shortages are serious, the people have reclaimed cooperative ownership of their

system of acequias (irrigation canals) in an inspiring example of active

democracy. The land grant university and extension service have been quicker

than those in other states to understand the potential value of medicinal crops

for small farms. The NMSU Sustainable Agriculture Science Center in Alcalde,

located between Santa Fe and Taos, is a small but bright jewel of an experiment

station, now field testing many of our Asian medicinal plants.

 

 

 

Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone has a source they can share with me for certified

organic raw

herbs. Many of my patients have been asking for this and I am not sure where

to find

them.

Thank you,

Trevor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Spring Wind or Golden Flower Herb 800-729-8509

505-837-2040, www.gfcherbs.com

 

FYI

 

Christine

 

 

 

--- trevor_erikson <trevor_erikson wrote:

 

> Hi All,

> I am wondering if anyone has a source they can share

> with me for certified organic raw

> herbs. Many of my patients have been asking for

> this and I am not sure where to find

> them.

> Thank you,

> Trevor

>

>

>

>

>

>

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>

 

 

 

 

Christine Wei Chang, LAc, MTOM, DAOM

BOD & Herbal Medicine Committee

American Association of Oriental Medicine (AAOM)

310-951-8698 (cel)

panasiaintl

 

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