Ash Ritter is an ethnobotanist, herbalist, and treat maker, with 20 years of botanical study in clinical, traditional, and academic settings. One-on-one longterm apprenticeships are the cornerstone of her training, extending into Druid herbalism, clinical botanical medicine, Mexican & Peruvian curanderismo & “guerilla” urban first aid. Her bachelors degree thesis focused on botanical & fungal agents for initiation, and altered states as evolutionary technology. Ash’s longstanding commitment takes shape as gathering the remnants and forging a cohesive & unique synthesis that pays homage to past, present and future generations. Ash feels deeply humbled to have shadowed naturopathic Dr. Kenneth Proefrock in his office for 2 years, following her relocation to the Sonoran Desert. Previously, she apprenticed with Charles “Doc” Garcia, and worked for several years as an apothecarist in a bustling Bay Area clinical herbal practice, a plant-based personal chef, chocolatier, and beyond… She would like to acknowledge some of her most beloved mentors and guides. Ancestors, Mushrooms, Landscapes, Mountains, the Pacific Ocean, the Plants… and people too. Dr. Kenneth Proefrock, Professor John Baker, Eda Zavala Lopez, Charles “Doc” Garcia, David Samas, Cortney Herrera, Morgan Lemel Ritter, and many, many more… Ash currently shares her loyalty to collective wellness as a practicing herbalist, plant-based food creatress, consultant, budding author, and teacher. Her approach places emphasis on plants & planet as relations, and is manifested through her practice as fostering engagement with the living world, rather than “using” plants as commodity. She counsels & creates in her private practice, Black Sage Botanicals, and looks forward to sharing much more! Keep one ear to the ground and one to the sky…
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