Local author David Mercier will address the April 14 meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Herb Society on “The Roots of Health: Understanding the Role of Natural Foods, Exercise, and the Mind on the Human Body.” He will include a discussion of some of the research on herbs and spices as part of a larger topic of wellness and how food is powerful medicine.
Mercier is the author of “A Beautiful Medicine, A Radical Look at the Essence of Health and Healing,” a Grand Prize winner for the 2013 Nautilus Book Awards, and the textbook for a course he will be teaching this summer at Johns Hopkins University. He is a life coach, seminar leader, and an acupuncturist with over 30 years of clinical experience.
The society usually meets the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 7215 Ocean Gateway, Easton. Meetings include an herbal potluck dinner, a short business meeting and a presentation on an herb- related topic. The theme for the April dinner is foods of the Russian Empire.
CBHS was formed in 2002 to share knowledge of herbs with the local community. The group maintains the herb garden at Pickering Creek Audubon Center. For more information, call (410) 827-5434 or visit www.ChesapeakeBayHerbSociety.org.
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