Healing through whole foods & herbs

SPRING 2025 SYLLABUS

Week 1 

Lecture 

  1. Conversations w/ the Elders: Sally Mcloud 

    1. “I don't want this tradition to die out”  pg. 4

  2. Communal Responsibility & Intention 

  3. Whole Foods, Function, & Potency 

Lab  

  1. Introduction to Gardening 

  2. Define Direct Sow, Seed Starting, Transplanting, Companion Planting 

  3. Herbal Walk w/ Cotton 

    1. Working the Roots pg. 245 - 255 

    2. Understanding the Spirit Body 

    3. Decipher the Herb 

  4. Whole Foods & Herbs List 


Week 2 

Lecture 

  1. Conversations w/ the Elders: Mr. Peete 

    1. Romancing the Farm: A Day in the Life of a City Girl Picker pg. 14

  2. Somethin’ Out of Nothin’: Accessibility & Scarcity in Folk Medicine 

Lab 

  1. Herbal Security and Excessive Production  

  2. Seed Sowing 

Week 3 

Lecture 

  1. Conversations w/ the Elders: Eddie Nelson and Mr. Bears, & Hattie Hazel Pegues Clark 

    1. That Which Exists in Between State Lines: Searching for Yellow Root pg. 27

    2. You Used to go out in the field and find all your medicine pg. 59

  2. Wild Harvesting + Home Apothecary 

Lab -TBD

Week 4 

Lecture 

  1. Conversations w/ the Elders: Luther Stelly “ Mr. Red” 

    1. Endurance Stories pg. 76 

  2. Working the Roots + Herbal Spirit 

Lab 

Parlor Room Lab: A Conversation with spirit w/ Lotus Love

Week 5 

Lecture 

  1. Conversations w/ the Elders: Eveline Elizabeth Prayo- Bernard and Ruth Patterson 

    1. People were real cautious about not leaving their hair around pg. 98

    2.  I remember workin’ cuz I been workin’ all my life pg. 83

  2. Herbs for Birth Bodies + Sexual Organs 

    1. For Birth 

    2. Postpartum 

    3. Menopause 

Lab - TBD

Week 6 

Lecture 

  1. Conversations w/ the Elders:  Anita Poree 

    1. Im to drinking pot liquor now

Lab - TBD