Lorna Mauney-Brodek
Herbalist · Educator · Founder, Herbalista Founder of Herbalista, Lorna Mauney-Brodek is a herbalist and educator. She has created free herbal clinics and training programs since 2013 and is recognized by the American Herbalists Guild and the UK’s National Institute of Medical Herbalists.
Broadcasts October 09, 2025, 10:00 PM
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About this speaker
Lorna Mauney-Brodek is an herbalist, medicine maker, wildcrafter, and teacher focused on building community through herbalism. Working between Atlanta, Georgia, and Dublin, Ireland, she is the founder of Herbalista, a community-based initiative that has delivered free herbal care and education since 2013. What began as the Herb Bus, a free clinic out of her family’s VW camper van, has grown into a network of community projects, including the Herb Cart, Fire Cider Brigade, Grow-a-Row Learning Garden, and Dublin Herb Bike.
Herbalista operates on mutual aid principles, offering accessible care while fostering collaborative hands-on learning. Through the online Herbalista Free School and members’ Toolkit, they provide practical guidance, templates, and step-by-step resources to help communities launch herbal projects, share skills, and strengthen their local herbal infrastructure.
A member of the Irish Register of Herbalists, Lorna has been recognized by the American Herbalists Guild and the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) for her contributions to community-based care. She believes that in order to preserve access to herbs as medicine, we must plant them, eat them, preserve them, dream them, and—most importantly—share them.
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