Join herbalist Mo Katz-Christy for a walk around the farm, learning about the medicinal uses of so-called weeds. Baskets in hand, we will harvest as we go, bringing back a bounty of delicious and nutrient-dense greens that we will make into pesto to enjoy together.

We’ll learn how local weeds can soothe a hyperactive immune system, modulate the digestive tract, and regulate blood pressure. We will ask, what does it mean to look towards our local plants for food as medicine? What does it mean for a plant to be a weed, and where do humans belong in relationship to our ecosystem?

This event will be held at Newton Community Farm, 303 Nahanton Street, Newton 02459. Please park on Winchester Street and meet the instructor on the barn deck.

$15 per person / Limited to 20 participants

Bio: Mo Katz-Christy (they/them), an herbalist from Cambridge, MA, approaches herbalism by connecting folks to the knowledge they already have about their body and herbs through working with kitchen medicine, ancestral traditions, and mulberries falling on the sidewalk! Mo graduated from a three-year clinical herbalism program at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism in 2022 and works one-on-one with clients to address imbalances and to build long-term healing. You can find out more about their work here: mokatzchristy.com