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Hey, I love how you know these things. Did you study in a school, and if so, what is your "title" or degree, or the name of the subject matter? This is the kind of thing I so want to learn about...

Thanks for this and all your posts, they are amazing and wonderful. xo xo

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I do not have any impressive sounding diplomas or degrees assigned to me by mainstream academic institutions that pertain to human health, medicinal plants or nutrition. I could never afford to pay the tuition of places that offer those kinds of titles and degrees so what I have learned is the result of my buying one book per paycheck for about a decade now. I talk to certified practicing herbalists, naturopaths, nutritionists and others that have a long track record of helping people successfully and ask them what books I should be reading. I make a list, and then I buy them, one by one, and then I read them one by one. After that I experiment with the information in their pages via creating recipes and trying out remedies for myself and offering them to people l know that are dealing with certain issues. I note which ones work the best and then I look for supporting modern research on those effects and triple cross reference with independent resources/studies (as some people need more than just my word to trust a thing will work and they still hold modern science on a higher pedestal than ancient indigenous plant medicine knowledge). After that I feel pretty confident about sharing that information in some sort of distilled down format (articles or in a book). My learning path is unusual and meanders like a old river taking it's time.

I suppose if one was to give me some sort of "title" it might be something along the lines of "The one who stands on the shoulders of giants while seeking to become an apprentice to Mother Nature".

I did get a certification in advanced permaculture design ( via Matt Power's excellent course https://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/course-signup/the-advanced-permaculture-student-online which took me a while to save up for but was well worth it) and I took a course studying Soil Science with Dr. Elaine Ingham. So I am "certified" in those things, but no diplomas that any government or corporation would be impressed by, just a lifetime of learning from and appreciating our elder rooted beings, planting seeds in the rich living Earth, reading lots of books and endeavoring to distill those experiences and that knowledge down into something usable and empowering for those that will call this place home after I am gone.

Thanks for the kind words about my work, I am glad you find it helpful :)

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You're my hero! Or, ONE of 'em. ^_^ xo

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Wow! This is like a whole year's worth of posts, Gavin! I was waiting to see if you would mention Comfrey. So many incredible bone-healing stories abound! Thanks for sharing...this is a great reference! XO

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Love this information. When will the new book be available?

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So glad you appreciate the info.

I do not have a set date on the publication of my next book as it is an organic process that involves a combination of research, physical (in the field) experimentation, learning from indigenous knowledge keepers and then creating recipes with the resulting abundance.

I am working with indigenous regenerative agroforestry knowledge keepers, while learning from many other modernized modalities, planting trees accordingly in several local projects and then striving to distill those experiences and pathways of learning down into articles that will become the centrale structure for the book. I do not want to rush it as I think that regenerative food forest design (when approached with a holistic view from seed, to harvest to the medicine cabinet) could significantly empower everyday people all over this beautiful Earth to be capable of boycotting the oligarchic centralized systems effectively, confidently and persistently so that we can starve those systems and plant the seeds for a new way of living as an educated, humble, empowered and united human family on planet Earth.

Thanks for the comment and question.

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Incredible summary!!! Thank You.

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I love Phyllis Balch. I've had her book for 21 years ♥️

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