ITEM
Deb Soule, interviewed by Anu Dudley, September 23, 2000 at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine.
Identifier
NA 2636 (local)
Date
September 23 2000 (Date created)
Summary
Topics covered include how she started gardening in her youth; how she educated herself in the use of herbs; meeting Helen and Scott Nearing; how Adele Dawson influenced her life; her meeting with Juliette de Bairacli Levy; working with Doug Elliot in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina; working with Ed Smith and Sarah Katz of Herb Pharm in Oregon; beginning to make tinctures, salves and oils and selling at the Common Ground Fair; starting up Avena Botanicals; some of the organic herbs she grew; wild-crafting or collecting wild herbs and lichens; biodynamic farming; how she manages her business; teaching and writing; her relationship with MOFGA; Tilth; and what she sees for her future.
Language
English (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Gardening (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Herbal Medicine (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Organic farms (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Medicinal plants (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Small business owners (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Education (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Maine Organic Farmers' and Gardeners' Association (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Writing (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Biodynamic agriculture (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Temporal Coverage
before 2000 CE
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina, United States (Geonames)
Oregon, United States (Geonames)
Unity, Maine (Geonames)
Rockport, Maine (Geonames)
