Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany

Tobias wildcrafting Oregon Grape, December 2006
Nome & Tobias wildcrafting Oregon Grape 12/06

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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.com

or 541-513-8263

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Winter Twigs Class, December 9, 2006
Winter Twigs Class: 12/9/06
Image of a celtic knot formed by worms crawling around eachother.