The Most Important Thing To Know is What To Do.
Sam founded the school in 2007 in San Antonio. Then we expanded to New Mexico, and now include Texas, S. California, Colorado, and Utah as states we offer on-site trainings in. From the first herb walk for students eager to learn about plants up through online courses we do for everyone from curious herbalists, first-timers […]
Ready or not, here we go!
Happy New Start everyone! Our founder Sam Coffman brought the vision of this school and everything we teach to life in 2007, first in our backyard, next at a reclaimed Texas hill country rock quarry that we nurtured into a thriving campus, and now, nestled among high-altitude pines in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range […]
If You Have The Equipment, Use It!
Last night a student asked me about sanitizing apothecary tools using a high tech setting in their dishwasher, and I responded with an affirmative, while explaining that my current experience has been so different recently, living in a 1940s adobe farmhouse in the mountains of New Mexico. At 7,600 feet, everything up here is just […]
Baby nurse, in the wild.
Written by Suchil Coffman. About five years ago, I took Steve Pehrson’s Austere Trauma course at our school, and it hooked me. With no medical background behind me, I found myself fascinated by the oft-repeated phrase, “what would you do when there is NO higher care?” I learned about sterile fields, and worked my way […]
Wound Healing, Infection and Herbal Medicine
Wound Healing, Infection and Plant Medicine Before using herbal methods to treat wounds and manage infection whether at home or in the field, basic first aid skills are essential. These basic first aid skills can be learned from a variety of schools such as the local Red Cross. However, I recommend taking a the wilderness […]
Don’t miss these Winter 2021 classes!
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