The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter is a website about cooking and eating delicious, seasonal and local foods.

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Rituals of Self Care with Natalie Rousseau of Living Yoga

Natalie Rousseau is a yoga instructor and wildcrafter with a deep connection to plants and the natural world around her. Based in Pemberton, British Columbia, Natalie teaches many workshops both online and in person through her business Living Yoga. I first met Natalie in the spring at The Art of Wildland Medicine Crafting workshop that she hosted with Yarrow and Angela Willard of Harmonic Arts. It was a magical weekend of plants, medicine crafting, yoga and connection. Natalie brought a beautiful energy to the weekend and the yoga practice really grounded the learning and brought a unity to the group. While Natalie’s main role in the weekend was to help facilitate the workshop and lead the yoga, I knew that she had an interesting story around food and plants that I was curious to know more about.

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Into the Wild with Isabelle of Namasthé Tea Co

 

Isabelle Ranger is an herbalist, forager and teacrafter in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia and is the owner of Namasthé Tea Co. Her diverse French Canadian, Celtic, Scandinavian, Southern Inuit and Native American heritage brings a very unique perspective and depth of knowledge to the world of plants and to the teas she creates. Isabelle began crafting teas for clients while working as an herbalist in Mt. Currie in 2000 and went on to create Namasthé Tea Co. in 2007. Isabelle and her partner Cédric work together to handcraft small batch teas and tisanes, many of which include wild foraged ingredients they gather with great care and respect in the forests, mountain meadows and bogs of British Columbia.

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Frolicking in the Elderflowers with Jamie of Moonbrew Tonic

Jamie is a holistic nutritionist and the owner, creator and fermentress behind Moonbrew Tonic Co, a Vancouver based beverage company that brews a beautiful, delicate fermented tonic called jun. Jun is a gently effervescent probiotic and nutrient rich beverage made with green tea, honey, and a variety of healing herbs fermented with a wild culture of bacteria and yeast. I am convinced there is a little magic thrown in as well.

Jamie’s business was born out of a desire to use food as tool for wellbeing and to connect on a deeper level with nature, her community and herself. I was first introduced to Jamie Lee and jun a year ago when I was asked to write a profile about her for the newsletter at the Canadian School for Natural Nutrition. I was intrigued by her story and by jun. In a kombucha obsessed city like Vancouver, I was drawn to her and her product as she was carving a new path, taking risks and growing her business with such thought, care and integrity. I knew that I wanted to get to know her better and tell her story more fully.

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