Interview with a Herbal Elder

75 minutes, pre-record

Discover the tradition of herbal medicine in Nova Scotia; join herbalists Savayda Jarone and Laurie Lacey, for a lively chat about herbalism in their homeland. Laurie Lacey is a beloved herbal elder, well known for his story-telling style of teaching and his wealth of knowledge about native medicinal species of the Maritime region. Drawing from Laurie’s ethnobotanical research on Mi k’maq medicine and 45 years of experience as a herbalist and medicine maker, Savayda will extract de-tales to portray the essence of traditional herbalism in the “far east” of Canada.