Midwest Medicinal Plants

Lisa M. Rose is an herbalist and forager with a background in anthropology and a professional focus on community health. Her interest in ethnobotany and herbal medicine has taken her to study plants, people, health, and their connection to place internationally. Rose leads foraging plant walks and teaches classes on edible and medicinal wild plants. She forages for her own family, herbal apothecary, and community herbalism practice.

Miriam Doan is a visual storyteller and creative producer who hails from the Great Lakes region. Throughout her career as a photographer and producer, she has documented global healthcare initiatives to capture impact and inspire action. To begin work in her own community, she began an urban flower farm in Chicago, offering a one-mile bouquet to seasonal subscribers during the summer. Here, she discovered a love for capturing movement, connection, design, and color in the natural world. She continues her work in health care, while deepening her discovery of nature and our continual desire to rearrange it. Recent work featured in: The Guardian, Now This, National Geographic, BBC World News, ABC News, New City, Chicago Reader, Chicago Social, NPR, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Online Journal, Rotary.org, The Rotarian Magazine and Rotary International World Polio Day (2018 Shorty Award), Global One: Women on the Frontlines Photography Exhibit & Artist Panel, Asia House – London, Seattle K5, Atlanta Journal., CNET, ONE LAST PUSH campaign.