Public Lands, Public Health
This is a picture of Wilson Creek, a designated “wild and scenic river” in Western North Carolina.
Radical Vitalism
Janet Kent and Dave Meesters share thoughts on herbalism, holistic health, ecology, and books.
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The Duty to be Healthy
Ideal Health and the Politics of Worth
How David Lynch made me a better herbalist
Written for the late director on his 80th birthday
Dining Halls Now!
For an End to the Privatization of Nourishment
Radical Vitalism
ten years later
The Map Is Not the Medicine: Defending Holistic Care in a Time of Skepticism
The COVID-19 pandemic has made fraud in the wellness space impossible to ignore. It also gave skeptics new ammunition to call herbal and holistic medicine “quackery.”
Who Gets to be Healthy?
An herbalist considers the future of health care.
The Web of Care: A Holistic Health Worth Fighting For
Imagine a net—woven from many strands, each connected, each reinforcing the others. A net doesn’t depend on a single thread to bear the strain; its strength lies in the way its fibers interlace, ...
Reclaiming Holistic Health from the Wellness Grift: Part One
The years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been challenging for holistic health practitioners who are deeply committed to public health—those who recognize COVID-19 as a serious threat and support a multifaceted, collective response to contain its spread.
The Ecology of Extraction
After Hurricane Helene, there was much discussion of which geographic features contributed to the catastrophic impact of the storm.