A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor for The Herbalist Hour, Oshala Farm Oshala Farm is a beautiful and vibrant certified organic herb farm based in southern Oregon where they grow and sell over 80 different plant species.  LEARN MORE AND BUY | OshalaFarm.com In this episode of The Herbalist Hour I'm joined by Atava Garcia Swiecicki Atava is an herbalist and the author of the book "The Curanderx Toolkit: Reclaiming Ancestral Latinx Plant Medicine and Rituals for Healing". In this conversation we chat about why is it's important to practice herbalism based on our ancestors, how the traditions and plants from Mexico influenced western herbalism, nopal, pericon, writing her book and a whole lot more! Enjoy and see you in the next episode,  ~Mason LINKS & RESOURCES Atava Garcia Swiecicki | AncestralApothecary.com BOOK:The Curanderx Toolkit | BUY THE BOOK VIDEO: The History of Mexican Herbalism | WATCH THE VIDEO Atava on Instagram | @curanderxtoolkit   ?WANT MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive THIRTEEN herbal freebies!  ? CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES! ?WANT EVEN MORE HERBAL GOODNESS? Become an HerbRally Schoolhouse member!  You'll get access to a TON of herbalism classes, monographs, webinars and more.  We add new material each and every week.  There's also discounts to cool herbal companies, a private Facebook group and more! You can get your first 30 days FREE with coupon code PODCAST LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com