60 - Community Herbalism with Rasheeqa Ahmad

This is an interview with Rasheeqa Ahmad (she/her) a herbalist based in Walthamstow, east London. In this episode we explore what community herbalism can mean in practice, drawing on Rasheeqa’s decade of organising as a herbalist in her local area. We learn about the Community Apothecary project, as well as other current and previous herbal projects she’s been involved with and learned from. We talk about that balance of clinical practice vs community work, funding, whiteness in herbalism and so much more!

Links & resources from this episode

• Rasheeqa’s website
• Rasheeqa’s instagram
• The Community Apothecary
• The Community Apothecary instagram
• Practical Medicine Making Intensive with the Solidarity Apothecary
• Herbalism and State Violence Book

Find them all at solidarityapothecary.org/podcast/

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