Cultivating Sustainable Forestry Programs | Featuring Andrea Miller

About this episode

This episode features Andrea Miller discussing sustainable forestry and the conservation of medicinal plants.

This week on Herbal Radio, we are joined by Andrea Miller, a passionate Earth steward and Sustainable Forestry Director at Rural Action, an environmental nonprofit organization based in Appalachian Ohio. Tag along with us as we explore: Rural Action : who, what, where, and why Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database Finding medicinal herbs in unexpected urban areas How the pandemic sparked an increased interest in forest farming Hockings College : get an associate degree in forest farming! United Plant Savers & Rural Action: how industry can support medicinal plant conservation As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. Learn more about Andrea below! 🌲 Andrea Miller has roots that run deep in Appalachian Ohio. As a child, she spent countless hours on her great-grandparents' farm in southeastern Ohio. Her great-grandmother…

People in this episode

Guest: Andrea Miller

Topics covered

• sustainable forestry
• medicinal herbs
• forest farming
• environmental conservation
• herbalism
• community engagement

Keywords

• sustainable forestry
• medicinal herbs
• forest farming
• environmental nonprofit
• herbalism
• Appalachian Ohio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rural Action, United Plant Savers, Hockings College, Maryland University of Integrative Health

Books & works: Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database

Places: Appalachian Ohio, Maryland, southeastern Ohio

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