Saturday AM: 10:00-11:20

Workshop Presenter: Darshan Mayginnes
Time: Saturday, 10:00 – 11:20 am

Description: The workshop will cover:

• knowing your oaks
• harvesting
• drying
• leaching
• long term storage
• how to use and include the acorn in combination with many foods, including some in each meal
• live preparation of acorn dishes,
• and questions, sharing and dialog

About the Presenter: I was born and I am still alive!!!!

Arrived in Mendocino county in 1972 and farmed a fifteen acre vegetable farm for two years in Potter Valley. Bought eighty acres in ’73 back in the mountains behind Potter. The land is a valley on top of mid mountain at 3000 feet. I planted forty fruit and nut trees in ’75 which today are still alive and thriving. Through the years have added many more trees including an arboretum of 250 rare and endangered conifer species. Now more than 525 trees with more than 200 fruit and nut trees. Many of my business ventures were related to procuring all the things one needs in settling a new piece of land, (building materials, fencing, fruit trees, bulk food,etc.)

Hence I was a founder of Shamaz trading company, Homestead Exchange (now Ukiah food coop), All Heart Lumber Company, Rare Conifer Nursery and Foundation, and Performance Coatings.

I’m seeing more and more “why not utilize the natural resources like the native and abundant oaks for more than firewood.” The acorn provides nutritious and tasty food. Learning and sharing how in a simple way to enjoy this native food.

Contact: darshanji@msn.com or 489-7002

Workshop Presenter: Jessica Curl Rose
Time: Saturday, 10:00 – 11:20 am

Description: The workshop will include the following three topics:

• A presentation of Northern California native plants used in Traditional Chinese medicine to provide a Chinese perspective on these herbs. In this section: a few non-native commonly grown garden plants that are Chinese herbs.
• A presentation and discussion of the local need for Traditional Chinese herbal medicine and current and future efforts to meet those needs locally. A review of eight herbs that Three Springs successfully grows; and how to grow these herbs.
• A discussion of building a local network of farmers and practitioners so local practitioners can connect with farmers who could produce the herbs that practitioners need in the clinic.

About the Presenter:
Jessica Curl Rose is an Acupuncturist and Herbalist practicing in Mendocino, California. She has been involved in the world of East Asian medicine and herbalism since the late 90s. Her interest in the production of safe sustainable Chinese herbal medicine started in acupuncture school. She worked on the Chinese herbal garden at American College of Traditional Chinese medicine where she completed her Masters Degree in Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This interest lead her to Kunming, in Yunnan province, PRC where she worked with Kunming Herbal Medicine Research Institute and local herbalists to understand the production and wild-crafting techniques of that area. After spending 2004-2005 in China studying Chinese medicine, she and her husband, Ken Rose, returned to Jessica’s family ranch on Philo-Greenwood Rd to raise Chinese herbal medicine and medicinal mushrooms. They founded Three Springs Institute (www.threespringsinstitute.com), a school of Chinese medicine, tai ji chuan, tui na and Three springs clinic. In 2009 she founded Mendocino Community Acupuncture (www.mendocinocommunityacupuncture.com), the first sliding scale community acupuncture clinic in Mendocino county to provide access to Chinese medicine services to the Mendocino community. Jessica continues to be involved in the creation of a thriving alternative medicine community to help sustain the health of our community and its members.

Contact: jessicacurlrose@gmail.com