In this nutshell talk, Alaina Ring provides a high-level overview of herbalism basics, including information on how to harvest, dry, process, and market herbs in California. She highlights key species and their medicinal applications, discusses value-added processing best practices, and provides an overview of the regulatory landscape for herbal products in the U.S.
Alaina is a research fellow with the USDA National Agroforestry Center where she addresses plant production c
