Home Harry Potter Speaker Series Herbology: Looking at Food as Medicinal, and Medicinals as Food

Herbology: Looking at Food as Medicinal, and Medicinals as Food

speaker: 
Justin Freiberg, Urban Farm and Sustainability Manager, Yale West Campus
Date: 
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Event location: 
Medical Historical Library

Harry attended herbology class, as did Neville – everyone’s favorite underdog in the series. And just as this class proved useful for them (gillyweed!), perhaps this conversation will provide some handy pointers for you too. Come learn about -- and taste -- some of the potent plants already growing at Yale’s farms, and explore the continually blurring nature behind what is good for you and what is simply delicious.