{"podcast":{"title":"Herbal Radio","slug":"herbal-radio-1052686","podcast_index_feed_id":1052686,"rss_url":"https://herbalradio.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.mountainroseherbs.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/7/7/6/57768325304ea72516c3140a3186d450/Screenshot_2026-03-13_at_4.44.57PM-20260313-udqbxu3h2y.png","author":"Herbal Radio","episode_count":303,"summary":"Herbal Radio brings you invaluable conversations with herbalists, botanists, scientists, conservationists, and more! Hoping to inspire the next generation of herbal crafters, Herbal Radio has hundreds of episodes to expand your learning and open your mind. Subscribe to Herbal Radio wherever you listen to podcasts to inspire you while you tend to your garden, cook a wholesome meal, or explore your local environment.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T10:22:16.371115+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686"},"episode":{"title":"Herbal Pharmacy | Featuring Betzy Bancroft","slug":"herbal-pharmacy-featuring-betzy-bancroft","published_at":"2026-05-01T22:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686/herbal-pharmacy-featuring-betzy-bancroft","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686","url":"https://herbalradio.libsyn.com/herbal-pharmacy-featuring-betzy-bancroft","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/herbalradio/Herbal_Pharmacy___Featuring_Betzy_Bancroft.mp3?dest-id=913199","summary":"This week on Herbal Radio, host Lucretia Van Dyke is joined by the herbalist and author of her new book, Herbal Pharmacy , Betzy Bancroft. Join us as they explore: Betzy writing her first book, Herbal Pharmacy Benefits and versatility of herbal powders The rise of the mushroom drink trend United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary Teaching at Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary Gender inclusive language in educational writings As always, we thank you for joining us on another botanical adventure and are so honored to have you tag along with us on this ride. Remember, we want to hear from you! Your questions, ideas, and who you want to hear from are an invaluable piece to our podcast. Email us at podcast@mountainroseherbs.com or reach out on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/herbal.radio to let us know what solutions we should uncover next within the vast world of herbalism. 🎥 Check out the video interview to this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JYMVahV6F2k Learn more about Betzy below! 🪻 Betzy Bancroft, RH(AHG) has had a deep appreciation for the magic of plants since childhood. She's been teaching herbal medicine for over 3 decades, currently at Sage Mountain and the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism , a non-profit herb school and clinic she helped found, as well as herbal and agricultural conferences. Betzy is a professional member of the American Herbalists Guild practices as a clinical herbalist and a supervisor for VCIH's student clinic. Betzy is also a United Plant Savers Advisory Board member, and previously served as that organization's office manager for a decade. She has compiled her experience and curriculum in the new book, Herbal Pharmacy: the Science and Magic of Preparing and Administering Plant Medicine just published by Chelsea Green. Besides…","meta_description":"This week on Herbal Radio, host Lucretia Van Dyke is joined by the herbalist and author of her new book, Herbal Pharmacy , Betzy Bancroft. Join us as they…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4433,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/herbal-radio-1052686/episodes/herbal-pharmacy-featuring-betzy-bancroft/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/herbal-radio-1052686/herbal-pharmacy-featuring-betzy-bancroft.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}