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  • Collection: Herbal Healing

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Workshop participants got to sample food and drinks made with herbs.

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Newsletter excerpt about the Raíces Cultural Center Natural Arts workshop series on Herbal Healing

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Workshop presenter Angela Lugo discusses the health benefits of a range of Caribbean cooking herbs that can be obtained in NJ where the workshop was held.

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From the workshop “Herbal Healing from the Island of Puerto Rico”. Presenter, herbalist and healer Angela Lugo speaks about her experiences with healing and healers.

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Angela Lugo presenting the workshop “Herbal Healing from the Island of Puerto Rico”

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Culantro and anise stars, two cooking herbs used in Puerto Rico that can be found and used in NJ

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Participants taste the results of cooking with herbs.

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Angela prepared samples of food and herbs and shared recipes so participants could cook the nutritious and healing dishes themselves.

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Herbal Healing workshop presenter Angela Lugo gave a class solely dedicated to coconut.

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Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez breaks open a coconut so participants can taste the water and see the layers inside.

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Angela Lugo explains the healing, medicinal and nutritional properties of coconut and the many uses we have for them.

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Dan Farella explains the healing, medicinal and nutritional properties of kombucha.

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Workshop participants learned how to care for kombucha and brew kombucha drinks.

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Kombucha is not a fungus, it’s a S.C.O.B.Y. (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast)

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Dan Farella discusses herbal protocols which can help those who suffer from Lymes disease, as well as educate participants on how to avoid, identify and remove ticks.

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The workshop was hands on, participants made their own ferments out of organic vegetables to take home and enjoy.

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All vegetables have to be packed in and completely covered with salt water.

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A workshop participant shows off her jar of fresh organic vegetables ready to ferment.
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