[MPWG] Ginseng/medicinal herb festival, October 9, Catskill NY

[Bob Beyfuss]

The Fourth Annual Catskill Mountain Ginseng and Medicinal Herb Festival 
will be held this year on Sunday, October 9th (Columbus Day Weekend) at The 
Historic Catskill Point in Catskill, New York from 10AM to 5 PM  Admission 
is $4.00 at the gate.  Join us and learn all sorts of interesting stuff 
such as how a Registered Nurse is now a using medicinal herbs to help her 
patients, how and why the United State Fish and Wildlife Service has 
established a Medicinal Plant Working Group and what they are doing, how a 
local biochemist stumbled upon a preventive for migraine headaches using 
peppermint tea and of course, how you can evaluate your woodlot and begin 
to grow American ginseng on your own property. Enjoy free wild Catskill 
Mountain ginseng tea flavored with locally produced honey    Purchase the 
highest quality wild ginseng available anywhere in North America as well as 
other herbal products, honey, wild mushrooms and much more. Stratified 
(ready to plant) ginseng seeds and rootlets will also be offered for sale 
as well as ginseng books and other resources.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County and the Heart of Catskill 
Association/Catskill Chamber of Commerce are working together to make this 
year's festival even bigger and better.  The scope of the festival has been 
expanded this year to include all herbal remedies and natural products 
making this a one of a kind festival in this area.

Our keynote speaker this year at 3 PM will be Rosemary Gladstar. Rosemary 
has been a practicing herbalist for 30 years. She has founded 
<http://cshs.com>the California School of Herbal Studies, 
<http://unitedplantsavers.org>United Plant Savers, co-founded 
<http://www.sagemtnherbproducts.com/>Sage Mountain Herbs, and is a founding 
member of the <http://www.northeastherbal.org/>Northeast Herb Association. 
She is the co-director of the International Herb Symposium and The New 
England Women's Herbal Conference.
Rosemary is the author of several books including best seller 
<http://www.sagemountain.com/2005/modules.php?op=modload&name=Osc&file=index&surl=/2005/oscStore/product_info.php?products_id=5>Herbal 
Healing for Women and the newly released 
<http://www.sagemountain.com/2005/modules.php?op=modload&name=books&file=index&req=view_cat&cid=1>Gladstar 
Family Herbal. She has taught herbs extensively throughout the U.S. and has 
led travel adventures worldwide. Her experience includes over 30 years in 
the herbal community as a healer, teacher, visionary and organizer of 
herbal events.

There will also be demonstrations on how to make some easy to prepare 
herbal products.

For more information contact the Heart of Catskill, at (518) 943- 0989 
email <mailto:hoca at mhonline.net>hoca at mhonline.net or Bob Beyfuss (518) 
622-9820 <mailto:rlb14 at cornell.edu>rlb14 at cornell.edu

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