'Notes from the Apothecary" : Summer Spotlights

By Ashley Dyer

Local Honey w/Pollen:   Pick up local honey at Five Point! You’ll take home a half pint of a delicious variety that is high in antioxidants and is wonderful in tea, can ease a summertime dry cough, or can simply be one of the many fruits of the summer season to have in your kitchen cupboard.  All proceeds support local ecologist and forager, Nance Klehm of Social Ecologies.    

Social Ecologies: Nance Klehm has been an ecological systems designer, landscaper, horticultural consultant, and agroecological grower for more than three decades. Her work demonstrates her lifelong commitment to redefining the way human populations coexist with plant and animal systems.  She currently splits her time between Little Village and fifty acres of land in the Driftless Region of northwest Illinois, where she cultivates and forages medicinal and edible plants and fungi, keeps bees and a fruit orchard, raises ducks and quail, and grows for indigenous seed banks. 

Burn Cream: A sesame-based burn cream that contains herbs to help reduce swelling and redness. Helpful to have in your summer home apothecary as it also treats red/raised/itchy patches on the skin, can soothe sunburn, and can even be used for bug bites!  As with all new products, you will want to patch test - try a little bit of the product on your skin - to ensure no allergic reactions or sensitivities arise.  Once you have done this,  use as needed!