In every home, you’ll find food prepared that is spiced with culinary herbs such as basil, thyme, garlic, cumin and many more. These herbs enhance the flavor of meals and fill the kitchen with aromas that bring joy to the senses. The kitchen is where we interact, communicate and bond as a family. In this workshop, Joanna Helms will share how you can use common spices in your kitchen to bring healing to your body. She will cover many herbs commonly used in the kitchen, explore their health benefits and provide recipes to take home. Helms will show you how the best healing can happen in the kitchen!

Joanna Helms, RH (AHG), a 6th generation Floridian with a B.A. in Communicative Disorders, has been in clinical herbal practice for 21 years, and is the founder of Mama Jo’s Sunshine Herbals in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. Mama Jo’s is a unique, family-run community retail herb store and professional dispensary offering a wide variety of bulk herbs, over 200 hand-made herbal products, essential oils, supplies, and custom formulations. Joanna has authored and teaches a Fundamentals of Herbalism course annually, and presents workshops and lectures throughout east central Florida. Joanna incorporates Traditional Herbalism: Western, Chinese, Native American, Ayurveda and therapies into her practice and teachings. Her GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)-compliant dispensary offers a variety of herbal products specifically formulated for clinical practice as an exclusive service for other health care professionals and their clients. In her spare time, Joanna enjoys gardening/nature, and is an advocate for the native flora of Florida.

For more information visit her booth on Sponsor Row or call 321-779-4647.