Presenters

14th Annual Midwest Women's Herbal Conference

Celebrating 14 years of Plants, Funga, & Sisterhood

Featuring Keynote Speakers:

Robin Wall Kimmerer • Gail Faith Edwards • Cornelia Cho, MD

May 23-25, 2025 • Almond, WI

Keynote Speaker:

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of 3 books: 1 Braiding Sweetgrass 2 Gathering Moss and 3. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, with work featured in journals and media like NPR's On Being. A SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Kimmerer founded the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment to merge indigenous and scientific knowledge for sustainability. A MacArthur Fellow, she focuses on ecological and relational restoration and holds degrees in Botany. She lives in upstate New York, cultivating both gardens and wild landscapes.

Keynote Speaker:

Cornelia Cho, MD

Cornelia Cho, MD is a practicing pediatrician, mushroom club president, Re-evaluation co-counseling leader, and life-long explorer of paths to healing, e.g. ancient traditions, microbiome integrity, DIY cutting-edge mushroom methodologies, sharing how cultural & historical messages & traumas can both inform our struggles and provide a conduit for healing and growth.

Keynote Speaker:

Gail Faith Edwards

Gail Faith Edwards is an internationally recognized community herbalist with over forty years of experience, providing herbal support from rural Maine to a remote village in the Apennine Mountains of Southern Italy. She calls her approach to plant medicine the Way of the Wild Heart, emphasizing deep, healing connections with the animate world and Holy Mother. An author, artist, teacher, organic farmer, and small business owner, Gail uses color, symbol, image, word, plants, and rhythm to inspire healing and expand consciousness. She is the mother of four grown children and grandmother to four grandsons.