Living in Harmony with Nature: Appreciating Wild Plants for their Gifts of Food, Medicine, and Utility

Matthew Alfs will also be signing copies of his brand new book, Diary of a Country Herbalist and will bring some copies of his other books along to sign as well.

Here is a PDF copy of the meeting notes:  2016_08 NCHG Matthew Alfs Living in Harmony with Nature.

Matthew Alfs has been an herbal clinician and educator for almost twenty years. He has taught herbal medicine at both universities and colleges in the Twin Cities area and has lectured to many organizations, associations, and groups on the subject, both locally and nationally. Numerous articles of his have been published in both journals and magazines (incl. Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, Medical Herbalism, Journal of the American Chiropractic Association, and Herb Quarterly). Matthew is further the author of the widely-acclaimed books Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants of the Midwest (2d ed., 2013) and 300 Herbs: Their Indications and Contraindications (2003), as well as a 1500-page curriculum on herbal medicine for the Midwest School of Herbal Studies a forum for herbal education that he founded in 2003 and directs to this day.