Jennifer Galbraith is a fantastic Herbalist and owner/operator of Meadlowlark Farms School of Folk Medicine in South Carolina. She teaches folk medicine and grows herbs to make into delicious, nourishing herbal products.
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In this episode Jennifer tells us all about her journey into herbalism and what folk medicine means to her. She likes to focus on teaching to help others on their paths, as there weren't people in her area teaching when she wanted to learn about herbs. We share that mission of empowerment!
We go on to let you in on the tips and tricks we've learned along the way about how to make a living as an Herbalist. Jennifer shares about a favorite herb, black walnut, and its medicinal benefits for people and pets. I share my secrets for processing them more easily. Jennifer says (about black walnuts), "Bitter isn't bad!" And I wholeheartedly agree, which leads us into a discussion of the importance of bitters and my favorite product in Jennifer's Herbal Apothecary Store, Roasted Roots Coffee Alternative. She tells us about the awesomeness of adaptogens and shares her super nourishing recipe for Adaptogen Tea, a necessity for most of us right now.
For even more herbal goodness, Jennifer teaches about a few more wildcraftable herbs, including one most people don't know is medicinal: sweet gum balls (those spiky things that fall off the tree). I believe that a lot of Herbalism is really going and doing it and getting your hands on the herbs and plants and finding out what they do for you." "I love to teach children, because I think it's so important to start young in learning {while} they're outside playing in the yard . . . with different plants . . . learning that those have a purpose . . . ." 
Jennifer's Bio: Check out Jennifer, her online herbal curriculum, and her apothecary store, at Meadowlark Farms School of Folk Medicine. From a young age, Jennifer has been drawn to the world outside her window. She has loved the way that the natural world can influence a person’s mood and fresh air refreshes the lungs. It was not until she was older and started to explore the concept of homesteading and natural living, that Jennifer came to find herself in love with the idea of herbal medicine. Jennifer spent several years as a personal injury paralegal, watching the effects of modern medicine on injured clients. The passion to learn how to better help not only those clients, but also her own family and friends, led Jennifer to the Herbal Academy of New England where she immersed herself in her studies and began to seek out classes, books and any other source of information she could find to locate a more natural answer. Once she started to see the more natural approaches, she started offering these herbal remedies to her family as well as others through her herbal company Meadowlark Farms. It has since been a great pleasure for Jennifer to see her husband, children and friends curb the side effects of prescription drugs including helping a dear friend recover during chemotherapy. Jennifer is passionate about gardening, wild crafting, homesteading and raising our children in a chemical free world and teaching others to do the same. Knowing that with all of the new technology and discoveries, sometimes the best solution to a problem comes in the knowledge we learned at our grandmother’s side. She invites you to join her as she digs dandelion root and smells the aroma of salves, teas and poultices warming on the fire. Check out Jennifer, her online herbal curriculum, and her apothecary store, at Meadowlark Farms School of Folk Medicine.
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