Ann Armbrecht

Ann Armbrecht

Ann Armbrecht, PhD, an anthropologist, is the director of the Sustainable Herbs Initiative. She is the author of Following the Herbal Harvest: A Search for the Healing Promise of Plant Medicines (previously published under the title, The Business of Botanicals: Exploring the Healing Promise of Plant Medicines in a Global Industry) that documents her journey following herbs from seed to shelf. With filmmaker Terrence Youk, she co-produced the documentary Numen: The Healing Power of Plants, celebrating the values of traditional western herbalism. Armbrecht is also the author of the award-winning ethnographic memoir Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home, based on her research in Nepal. She was a 2017 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar documenting the supply chain of medicinal plants in India and lives in central Vermont.

Ann Armbrecht

Are you interested in becoming an herbalist?

We are excited to announce the revision of the East West Course. It is a work in progress with the first 9 Lessons released. This is a new and exciting adventure in energetic herbal medicine with a strong Chinese herbal medicine foundation is set to be the new standard for students of herbal medicine and natural healing.