How to Run a Farm-Based Herb School | Featuring Crystal Moore-Stevens

This week on Herbal Radio, host Jiling is joined by Crystal Moore-Stevens. Crystal is the co-owner of Flourish Farmstead & Folk School, a botanical sanctuary and regenerative farm, with her husband and two children. She is a folk herbalist, author, multidisciplinary artist, and organic herb farmer. Crystal runs herbalism programs and workshops through Flourish Folk School's School of Botanicals. She teaches classes in herbalism, gardening, ethical wild foraging, wildcrafting, botanical dyeing, and earth skills at their farm in Godfrey, IL. Their family is passionate about earth stewardship and increasing biodiversity on their 10-acre farm. She is currently enrolled in Project Dragonfly, a master of Arts in Biology program through Miami University. Join us as Crystal and Jiling explore: Growing medicinal herbs and running a small farm-based herb school How Crystal is increasing biodiversity on the 10 acres— while running a working farm How she knows what grows well in her region— and how she knows when to harvest Ethical and bioregional herbalism 🎥 Check out the video version of this epsiode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GCnWWuDik7I Visit Crystal Moore-Stevens at: 💻 Website: FlourishFarmstead.com 📸 Instagram @flourishfarmfolkschool 📱Facebook @Flourish Farmstead 📚Crystal's books, Your Edible Yard, Grow Create Inspire, and Worms at Work  ~~~ 🪷Jiling Lin is an acupuncturist and herbalist in coastal southern California. A clinician and teacher, Jiling is also a passionate traveler, artist, and adventurer. Visit Jiling at JilingLin.com— and get her free Nourishing Life (養生) template and Five Phases (五行) outline. Join her newsletter for seasonal beauty— and fresh updates about her coming book! (Publication 2027/ 2028) ~~~ Mountain Rose Herbs is a purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. You can find our organic botanical offerings on MountainRoseHerbs.com. 📖 Request a FREE copy of our 2026 Printed Journal to be shipped straight to your door!  Join our community! Subscribe to the Mountain Rose Herbs newsletter Subscribe to Mountain Rose Herbs on YouTube Follow on Instagram Like on Facebook Follow on Pinterest Read the Mountain Rose Herbs blog Follow on TikTok  🌿 Strengthening the bonds between people and plants for a healthier world. 🌿