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June 17, 2008
Amazon Medicine - Lectures & Workshops Featured at Hawaii Healing Garden Festival
Amazon Medicine will be featured by Jerome River Black of Herbs America, at the Hawaii Healing Garden Festival & Workshops June 21, 22 and 23. Jerome will be speaking and conducting workshops and presentations on Amazon medicines and “Super Foods” such as Maca, Camu Camu, Sangra De Grado.
Jerome River Black is the founder of the Herbs America Company, and has worked in over 30 countries around the world including biodiversity departments in Peru, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos, China, and Tibet.
Over the course of nearly 20 years, Herbs America founders have used USDA agriculture and agro forestry permits to develop more than 400 rare fruits and new superfoods for introduction into the farming sector and natural foods market.
Herbs America works directly with botanists, tribal leaders, universities, and laboratories to cultivate and research traditional medicines that are found to be beneficial for both humans and the land, and bring equibility to small farming operations in developing countries and support indigineous populations in their efforts of preserving culture and environment while at the same time supporting agrarian economies.
Working in more than thirty countries around the world, the company regulary donates and exports fruit trees and vegetable seeds to dozens of farmers in countries on five continents.
Herbs America is the creator of MACA MAGIC Maca root and has established itself as the world's most trusted name in organic raw maca root and Peruvian maca root products, with more than a thousand retail stores carry their products in the US and across the world.
In addition Herbs America features an assortment of Amazon medicines- several herbal and medicinal treasures grown and harvested by sustainable communities of the Peruvian Amazon jungle, and produces medicinal herbal supplements through their Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories products.
Hawaii Oregon Connections
Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories originally came about as a collaboration between Jerome Black, Tom Baldwin, and Shannon Casey- 2 of his long term customers from the early days of the Oregon Exotics Fruit Nursery.
Residing on the big island of Hawaii, Tom and Shannon have since founded and manage a botanical sanctuary of their own known as ULUWEHI FARM & NURSERY, which features several acres of intensively cultivated tropical plants including hard to find Amazon medicinals and wild fruits in order to supply voucher samples for the ATL laboratories.
Tom works with the living botanical germplasm of numerous tropical species and Shannon is a trained geneticist familiar with both temperate and tropical genetics.
Tom and Shannon's participation ensures that ATL maintains an ethical approach to plant harvesting and sustainable organic cultivation.
Their experience with permaculture enables ATL to plan education seminars directly in the Amazon basin and other tropical regions. Together they are developing protocols for sustainable permaculture designs of tropical plant species for food, fiber, and medicines.
Jerome visits the Uluwei Farm & Nursery working with Tom and Shannon to research new plants for the Herbs America product lines.
Festival Sponsors
“We’re excited to Sponsor the Statewide Hawaii Healing Garden Festivals, as the Festivals showcase the existing and potential food and medicinal agriculture resources of Hawaii, and help continue the cultural healing traditions of plant medicines.” Says Jerome Black of Herbs America. “We look forward to meeting Kauai’s community of healers and farmers, and sharing what we’ve learned from other traditions around the world.”
Presentations & Workshops
Jerome will present Amazon Medicine: Healing From the Heart of the Jungle, from 1:00-2:00 PM on Saturday June 21 at the Hawaii Healing Garden Festival at Malama Kauai, in Kilauea. He and his colleague and Master Herbalist Jackie Carlino will be available at their Herbs America & Maca Magic Booth at the Festivals Healthy Hawaii Expo from 10 AM to 5:00 PM.
On Sunday June 22, Jerome and Jackie will present an Amazon Medicine: Workshop and slideshow presentation of the Amazon from 1:00-4:00PM, at the Malama Kauai media room.
And on Monday June 23, Jerome and Jackie will present a Super Foods from the Amazon workshop from 1:00-4:00 PM at The Taro Patch in Anahola. The “SuperFoods” workshop includes tasting and sampling of the Amazon and Andean Mountain herbs and foods as well as the educational background on their nutritional and healing properties.
Reservations are recommended for Sunday and Mondays workshops.
Email events@hawaiihealthguide.com or call 808-638-0888
Schedule & Descriptions
Full Schedule at www.HawaiiHealingGarden.com
Saturday June 21, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Location: Stage Tent, Hawaii Healing Garden Festival
Malama Kauai 4900 Kuawa Rd, Kilauea, Kauai HI 96754
Amazon Medicine: Healing From the Heart of the Jungle
Explore the Healing Pharmacopeia of the Amazon Rainforest and the Andes Mountains of South America, with Jerome River Black founder of Hebs America, Amazon Therapuetical Laboratories, Maca Magic, and the non profit Institute of Traditional Amazon & Andean Medicine. Join Jerome for an introduction to the healing pharmacopeia of the Amazon rainforest and the Andes Mountains of South America. From the upper reaches of the Amazon River basin to small tributaries of Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, we uncover what indigenous people have known for centuries: A veritable green pharmacy of powerful drug compounds sequestered away in the steaming realms of the Amazon basin and Andes Mountains. This talk offers an overview of the pharmacology, herbology and the cosmology of numerous tribes, all backed up by scientific studies and supported by university level research from around the world. Herbs America was the first to cultivate and distribute live maca root plants in the USA and began germplasm collections and cultivar selection of maca in the Peruvian Altiplano in 1994. Jerome is the award winner of the Natural foods institute "best new plants award" and writer of numerous articles about plant exploration. He regularly lectures and teaches others about new and rare foodcrop development. (note: Additional Workshop intensive on Sunday, see schedule)
Sunday June 22, 1:00-4:00
Amazon Medicine Workshop: Healing From the Heart of the Jungle
Location: Media Room, Hawaii Healing Garden Festival
Malama Kauai 4900 Kuawa Rd, Kilauea, Kauai HI 96754
Includes a slideshow presentation of the Amazon & South America.
Learn to use Botanical Medicines of the Amazon Rainforest and Andes Mountains, with Jerome River Black, Ethno-botanical researcher of Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories (ATL) and Jackie Carlino, Master Herbalist. ~ Discover the healing secrets of the top botanical medicines of the Amazon rainforest and Andes Mountains. Botanical drugs first found in the Amazon are now the chemical models for many modern-day treatments. Join us for an interactive and informative education on specific modalities, and the traditional medicine used to treat them--all supported by research. From intensive immunities for therapeutic support, nourishing tonics, to first aid remedies, you will become familiar with the most popular herbal remedies used. Sample herb extracts and formulations, from Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories. Jackie Carlino, Master Herbalist - Jackie lives in Grants Pass, Oregon, and has over 18 years of experience in natural health and fitness. She has a working knowledge of over 200 botanical medicines, working primarily with Amazonian and Andean medicines, in more recent years. Jackie is passionate about the healing ways of these plants, and empowers people to be pro-active in their healthcare. Jerome River Black founder of Hebs America, Amazon Therapuetical Laboratories, Maca Magic, and the non profit Institute of Traditional Amazon & Andean Medicine. Herbs America was the first to cultivate and distribute live maca root plants in the USA and began germplasm collections and cultivar selection of maca in the Peruvian Altiplano in 1994. Jerome is the award winner of the Natural foods institute "best new plants award" and writer of numerous articles about plant exploration. He regularly lectures and teaches others about new and rare foodcrop development. (note: Additional Workshop intensive on Monday see schedule)
$30.00 (3 hours) Reservations Recommended
Monday June 23, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Superfoods from the Amazon Rainforest and Andean Mountains
Location: The Taro Patch in Anahola
Sample, taste and learn to use the superfoods of the Amazon Rainforest and Andes Mountains, with Jerome River Black, Ethno-botanical researcher of Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories (ATL) and Jackie Carlino, Master Herbalist. Learn the traditional and scientific knowledge behind these concentrated foods and herbs. Sample superfood smoothies, and other herb extracts and formulations, from Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories. Jackie Carlino, Master Herbalist - Jackie lives in Grants Pass, Oregon, and has over 18 years of experience in natural health and fitness. She has a working knowledge of over 200 botanical medicines, working primarily with Amazonian and Andean medicines, in more recent years. Jackie is passionate about the healing ways of these plants, and empowers people to be pro-active in their healthcare.
$35.00 (3 hours) Reservations Recommended
Kauai schedule can be found at:
www.HawaiiHealingGarden.com
http://hawaiihealthguide.com/healthtalk/display.htm?id=654
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BIOS
Jerome River Black
Ethno-Botanical Researcher,
Maca Magic and Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories
River@AmazonMedicine.com
Jerome River Black has traveled extensively collecting rare plant species and herbs for over 25 years, and is well known among botanists and plant lovers around the world. Jerome has led over 100 plant collecting expeditions, exporting rare plants to botanical gardens, germplasm repositories, universities and to small farmers from more than 40 countries. He currently offers ethno-botanical adventures in the Amazon jungle.
Jerome’s work in the Amazon jungle has introduced numerous new herbal products to the natural food trade. In Peru, Jerome founded Herbs America Inc. where he farms and processes a remarkable and powerful pre-Inca root called Maca (Lepidium peruvianum) at the staggering elevation of 14,000 feet. He is the founder of Amazon Therapeutic Laboratories, which now offers over 100 species of medicinal herbs and 40 bio-active formulations, derived from the Amazon and Andes.
Today, Jerome’s focus is on sustainable crop development for indigenous people and small farmers, and to help bring rare food-plants into wider culture as viable crop suitable for farmers. His recent efforts have included adding hundreds of acres of jungle and river system into organic certification programs in Peru. His established network of herb-growers, elderly shamans, grandmother wizards and medical clinics throughout Latin America, helps to create an international market for indigenous medicines and new super-foods.
Jackie Carlino, Master Herbalist
Jackie Carlino lives in Grants Pass, Oregon, and has over 18 years of experience in natural health and fitness. Wanting to find a natural way to help heal herself, family, and friends, turned her attention towards botanical medicines over 12 years ago, and in turn, realized her gift to others. She has a working knowledge of over 200 botanical medicines, working primarily with Amazonian and Andean medicines, in more recent years. She enjoys teaching, and introduces these medicines to people of all education levels. Jackie is passionate about the healing ways of these plants, and empowers people to be pro-active in their healthcare.
Jerome Black
Maca Magic - Herbs-America.com
work (541) 846-6222
home (541) 659-7190
cell (541) 659-8850
herbsamerica@hotmail.com
Jackie Carlino
541-659-7190
herbaldragonfly@hotmail.com
Websites
www.Herbs-America.com
www.MacaMagic.com
www.amazonmedicine.com
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