This four-season course provides a holistic understanding of the traditional Asian plant-medicine production industry and domestic solutions for healing and restoring our people and planet. The in-person hands-on course takes us to the fields, trails, and kitchen where systems-based agriculture and processing practices are explored within local, regional, and global contexts. Learning is inspired through readings, discussions, analysis, and homework as participants study, select, grow, harvest, process, and develop marketing plans for Asian medicinal plant products.

A certificate of completion will be given at the end of the course.

10 Hands-on Classes

This comprehensive course is comprised of 10 modules. Class will be held in-person at the EcoVillage on the second Sunday of each month. Course syllabus will be available in January.

Option to Trial Course via Module 1

For those interested in gaining an introduction to the material before committing to the full course, there is an option to register for Module 1 on February 12 as a stand-alone class.

Meet Your Instructor

Rhonda K Bathurst is a practicing acupuncture-physician who envisions a world of abundance where every individual may discover and manifest their unique purpose within thriving ecosystems. For the past decade, Rhonda has engaged in ongoing local, state, federal, and global health-policy development, recently within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Whole Health Program. In support of these activities, she is completing a transitional clinical doctorate degree with emphasis on Asian medicine classics and research, as well as the mid-career public administration master degree from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. A member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Rhonda’s latest adventure is the creation of a branded USA-grown medicinal-plant business in partnership with entities and individuals aimed to restore the body and habitat by reconnecting people and plants within self-sustaining health-promotion systems.

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REGISTER TO JOIN

Location: EcoVillage at Ithaca, New York

Time (full course): The full course is comprised of 10 classes. Class to convene in person for four hours monthly on the second Sunday beginning February 12, 2023.

Time (Module 1 only): Module 1 (February 12, 2023) serves as a stand-alone introduction to the multi-module course.

Pricing: Requests for sliding scale pricing and scholarships will be accepted upon request. Contact us to inquire.

• $100 for Module 1

• $1000 for the entire course.