Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany

Nome & Tobias wildcrafting Oregon Grape 12/06
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN AND AROUND EUGENE:
Institute for Contemporary Ethnobotany Faculty:
Tobias Policha is a gardener, botanist, herbalist, and writer. He co-founded the permaculture education project, Cascadia Food Not Lawns, in 1999. He has been studying our local flora for over five years, including assisting the botany program at and the U of O, and graduating from the Columbines School of Botanical Studies. He is currently working on a BS in Biology at the U of O, including studies in biochemistry, ecology, and medical physiology, and more.
Nome McBride is a gardener, herbalist, botanist, and musician. He is the co-owner and founder of Under the Yew Botanicals, Apothecary of Farm and Forest, est. 2004. He is a graduate of The Academy of Scottish Herbalism and the Columbines School of Botanical Studies.
Both Tobias and Nome are members of the Northwest Sustainable Wildcrafters Guild, and have international permaculture experience.
For more information, contact Tobias Policha at
contemporaryethnobotany(at)yahoo.comor 541-513-8263
