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Participating Schools 2009

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Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine - Juliet Blankespoor, Leicester, NC
Dandelion Herb Center - Jane Bothwell, Kneeland, CA  
Earthsong Herbals Apprenticeship – Margi Flint, Marblehead, MA
Heartstone School & Herbal Medicine - Tammi Sweet & Kris Miller, Van Etten, NY
Herb Pharm Herbaculture Program – Williams, OR
Hocking College - Jeannie Faulkner, Nelsonville, OH
Living Awareness Institute - Kami McBride, Davis, CA
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts - JoAnn Sanchez, New River, AZ
Tai Sophia – Robyn Urbach, Laurel, MD  
Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism – Betzy Bancroft, Montpelier, VT
Yerba Woman Apprentice Class - Donna, d'Terra, Willits, CA


UpS News

KU Plant Project Wins Funding

By The Capital-Journal
December 18, 2009 - 9:29am
LAWRENCE — A new native medicinal plant research program at The University of Kansas has earned funding for a five-year, $5 million project titled "Innovation Center for Advanced Plant Design: Plants for the Heartland."

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UpS Sanctuary in the News

Mother Nature’s son: Preserving ‘Appalachia’s herb basket’
by Beth Sergent

RUTLAND — Though Meigs County is infamously known for one herb in particular, it is actually home to one of the largest wild populations of goldenseal, blue and black cohosh, wild ginger and ramps in the United States.

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UpS In the News

Medicinal herbs in the U.S. and around the world are becoming endangered, and you can help with a few hours of your time.
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"Plants & Their Friends"

Plants and Their Friends, an award winning talk show, now streaming on internet
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Researchers hope to cultivate 'calming herb'

"To-Watch" SW herb in the news. 
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JOIN THE BILLION TREE CAMPAIGN: PLANT FOR THE PLANET

A world-wide effort

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Now Available: Good Stewardship Harvest Brochures for Wild American Ginseng

  The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has just released a series of brochures to encourage good stewardship practices by those who harvest wild American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) roots.
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