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"Without community, sustainability cannot exist." – Sidney-Max Eitenne
This week on Herbal Radio, host Lucretia VanDyke is joined by Sidney-Max Eitenne from Grown in Haiti. Since 2014, Grown in Haiti has planted and distributed over 25,000 trees, restored degraded soil, and shared regenerative knowledge across rural Haiti. Join us as the explore:
Gathering the community to regenerate the soil
Listening and learning from the patience of Elders
How plant relationships teach us about human relationships
Food security by having sovereignty over the seeds grown
Avoiding plant trends and turning to the plants around you
As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.
🎥 Watch the video version to this episode here: https://youtu.be/5uEbEqSnMTY
Learn more about Sidney-Max & Lucretia below!
🌺 Sidney-Max Etienne is the founder and executive director of Grown in Haiti, a Haitian-led regenerative agriculture nonprofit in Cap Rouge, on Haiti's southern peninsula. He arrived in 2014 and lived in a tent for more than two years, hauling water from a spring while planting the first trees. The organization grew out of that time on the land.
Grown in Haiti now runs a community nursery, a farmer network called AgriNatif, and water catchment holding close to 50,000 gallons. Its Farmer Support Program prioritizes women. More than 25,000 trees have gone into the ground through the work, and over 300 volunteers have come through the property.
His practice is syntropic agroforestry, planting in dense succession so that soil and canopy build together. Much of what grows in Cap Rouge was never planted by anyone. Documenting it has become part of the work, with more than 100 species recorded on iNaturalist so far, including nine birds found nowhere outside Hispaniola.
He teaches a free syntropic farming course through the Earthed platform and spoke as a finalist at the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin. He also serves as vice president of the Caribbean Agroecology Institute. In 2026 he completed research through the Caribbean Institute in Gender and Development at the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, on women's socio-economic contributions to Haiti's agricultural sector.
Born in Haiti, raised in the United States, he moves between Brooklyn and Cap Rouge.
Where to find Sindey-Max & Grown in Haiti:
💻 Website: https://growninhaiti.org
📸 Instagram: @growninhaiti
📱 Facebook: @Grown in Haiti
🎥 YouTube: @GrownInHaiti
🎶 TikTok:  @GrownInHaiti
🌿 Donate to Grown in Haiti: https://growninhaiti.org/donate
📑 Read Grown in Haiti's article in Vogue: Following Haiti's Devastating Earthquake, These Environmentalists Are Busy Supporting Their Community
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🌻 Lucretia VanDyke began her herbalism journey as a little girl mixing herbs, clays, and muds on her grandparents' farm. Today, Lucretia VanDyke has been in the herbal industry for over 20 years. As a holistic educator, speaker, herbalist, ceremonialist, spiritual light coach, intuitive energetic & reiki practitioner, diviner, storyteller, artist, and world traveler, Lucretia has accumulated over 3000 hours of training. She has studied with indigenous healers and some of the greatest minds of our time. Lucretia has been a holistic esthetician & healing arts practitioner for over a decade focusing on integrating indigenous healing rituals, plant spirit medicine, and meditation into modern-day practice. Lucretia brings her vivacious spirit and message of self-love in her work to inspire others to embrace their unique beauty and purpose. She is currently collecting stories throughout the south while working on expanding her BIPOC community healing arts and herbal education program.
Where to find Lucretia:
📸 Instagram: @lucretia.vandyke
💻 Lucertia's website: www.lucretiavandyke.com
📖 Lucretia's Book: African American Herbalism
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This week on Herbal Radio, we're joined by Rachel Budde, an herbalist, teacher, and founder of Fat and the Moon to take a deep dive into the world of bitter. Join us as we explore:
The key role bitter herbs play in supporting healthy digestion
The connection between the health of our gut, brain, and hearts
The physiology of digestion and how our bodies process what we take in
Ancestral wisdom held by bitter plants and what these plants have to offer us today
The importance of combining warming, nourishing, and moistening herbs with bitters
The magic of making bitters and incorporating them into herbal practice
As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.
🎥 Watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/FVjwX9BbdzM
🌿 Shop the bitter herbs Rachel mentioned: artichoke leaf, mugwort, blue vervain, motherwort, chamomile,feverfew
Learn more about Rachel below! 
🌸 Rachel Budde is an herbalist, teacher, and founder of Fat and the Moon, an herbal body care company. She views topical products as gateways to deeper recognition of plant medicine's power. Rooted in her Slovenian heritage, Rachel has been conducting ethnobotanical research on traditional plant uses since 2015, work that informs her forthcoming book. She has studied herbalism extensively, including mentorship with ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison. She is also certified in Medical Qigong and in Hakomi somatic psychotherapy. Rachel is currently pursuing a Master's in Clinical Herbalism at the Maryland University of Integrative Health.
Find Rachel at:
🌛 Fat and the Moon: https://www.fatandthemoon.com/
🪻 Rachel's Website: https://www.rachelbudde.com
📸 Instagram: @zlatababababa
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This week on Herbal Radio, we're thrilled to welcome Tommy Nevar back as one of our esteemed podcast hosts! In this episode, Tommy is joined by the dynamic duo of Lauren Morgan and Kimberly Gallagher, to share about their new online course that will be launching this September, Rhythm & Relationships: A Feminine Way Into Herbalism.
Join us as they explore:
Connecting with plants through femininity, intuition, and dreaming
Surrendering and aligning yourself with the natural rhythms of Mother Earth
Approaching your herbalism practice through a seasonal lens
Detaching from the constant forward movement of our modern society
Dreaming of plants and the unique ways they communicate with us
As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.
🎥 Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T_x_RpHxt_U
Learn more about Lauren and Kimberly below! 
🌻 Lauren Morgan is a community herbalist, author, teacher, dreamer and podcaster. She teaches folk and plant spirit herbalism courses and hosts dream circles and ceremonies on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state and through her website Herbs and Dreams. She's a graduate and adjunct faculty of Bastyr University, author of the book Seasonal Herbalism: A Beginner's Guide to Medicine Making and Dreaming with Mother Earth, and the host of the Herbs and Dreams Podcast. She is devoted to inspiring others to weave their lives with the wisdom of dreams, in alliance with the healing plants of Mother Earth, on behalf of All Life.
🪻 Kimberly Gallagher is the co-founder of LearningHerbs.com She is the author of Aphrodisiac: The Herbal Path to Healthy Sexual Fulfillment and Vital Living. She is also the creator of the Wildcraft! board game and the author of theHerb Fairies children's book series and online learning system. Kimberly loves to teach through experience and play, and is the proud mother of two grown children.
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On today's episode of Herbal Radio, you'll hear from a collection of herbalists answering the question:
🌿 What Would You Bring to a Deserted Island? 🌿
Each month, we bring together our herbalist guests to explore thought-provoking questions to share the different voices and diverse experiences that shape the ever-growing herbal community.
Featured in this episode: Sajah Popham, Anjali Deva, Shana Lipner Grover, and Amanda Lattin
Want to share with us what being an herbalist means to YOU? Have a question in mind you're itching to have answered on the show? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com or reach out on Instagram @herbal.radio to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.
Check out our other episodes featuring these guests:
Ayurveda & Winter Wellness, with Anjali Deva | Tea Talks with Jiling
Working with Smoke as Medicine | Featuring Shana Lipner Grover
Unsung Herbal Heroes of Immunity | Featuring Shana Lipner Grover
Stay tuned for Sajah's and Amanda's debuts on Herbal Radio! 
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🎉🌿 School is officially back in session for Herbal Radio! 🌿🎉
We hope you all had a lovely summer break and enjoyed the vault releases we shared while we were busy brewing up a new and exciting lineup of podcast guests for the upcoming fall season. 
To kickstart our first week back in action, Jiling is joined by the award-winning artist and botanical illustrator, Lara Call Gastinger. Join us as Jiling and Lara explore: 
The art of nature journaling
Building a perpetual journaling practice
Lara's new book, A Perpetual Journal Practice: Building a Connection to Nature through Art
As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com or reach out on Instagram @herbal.radio to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism.
🎥 Watch the video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/m1YbuIeUWOY
🎨 Lara Call Gastinger is an artist and botanical illustrator from Charlottesville, Virginia, and was the chief illustrator of Flora of Virginia, a botanical reference. She has an undergraduate degree in biology from UVA and a master's degree in plant ecology from Virginia Tech. She has been awarded two gold medals (2007, 2018) at the RHS Botanical Art Show in London, and her work is in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Her art appears in Peterson's Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America and ASBA's Botanical Art Techniques. She teaches online and has had in person workshops in Japan, Romania, and France.
Where to find Lara Call Gastinger online:
📱Instagram: @laragastiner
💻 Website: www.laracallgastinger.com
👩🏻‍💻Patreon: @Lara Gastinger
📓 Lara's book: A Perpetual Journal Practice
✏️ Join Lara's Sketchbook Club!
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🪷 Jiling Lin is an acupuncturist and herbalist in coastal southern California. A clinician and teacher, Jiling is also a passionate traveler, artist, and adventurer. Visit Jiling at JilingLin.com and get her free Nourishing Life (養生) template and Five Phases (五行) outline. Join her newsletter for seasonal beauty, and updates on her coming book! (Anticipated publication 2028)
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