Marc Williams is an ethnobiologist. He has studied the people, plant, mushroom, microbe connection intensively while learning to employ botanicals and other life forms for food, medicine, and beauty. Marc runs the educational website Botany Everday.
Food as medicine is a concept that is rooted in the healing systems of ancient Africa, China, Greece, India, and others. It is well known that various compounds such as antioxidants and bitters can be helpful in promoting overall health and well-being. Groups of plants, such as adaptogens, make up a large part of the current superfood trends in our society. An overview of plants and fungi that are prime examples of how food can be medicine, as well as some fascinating stories of how these life forms and humans have interacted over time will be the main focus of this class in Powerpoint form, food for sampling and during a plant walk after.
If money is a limiting factor in your enthusiastic attendance feel free to write marc@botanyeveryday.com and we will try to work something out.