It's United Plant Savers' 30th anniversary this year! To celebrate, they're offering $5 off their membership fees. Use coupon code MARCH2024 at checkout to get the $5 discount. Additionally, they're throwing in a $75 credit towards classes in the International Herb Symposium Learning Center.  LEARN MORE & REGISTER In this episode of The Herbalist Hour I'm joined by Jess Starwood.  Jess Starwood is an established author, naturalist, chef, herbalist and educator.  We chat about her book "Mushroom Wanderland", the aroma of matsutake, hoshigaki and her fondness for persimmons, traveling with a forager's perspective, the mycology community and a whole lot more.  A huge thank you to Jess for joining me on the show, and thanks to you for listening! See you in the next episode, ~Mason  LINKS & RESOURCES Jess Starwood | JStarwood.com BOOK: Mushroom Wanderland | BUY THE BOOK Events with Jess | LEARN MORE Jess on Instagram | @jess.starwood 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 ?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