By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director We regard our sacred landscapes as a precious inheritance gifted by our ancestors seven generations back that we care for and then bestow upon our children seven generations into the future. This and other teachings inspire us. They heal us. They sustain us. This is one of the reasons why I’m grateful to be living and teaching in the mid-Willamette Valley on Elderberry Wisdom Farm. We are releasing the Elderberry

By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director The public is growing increasingly aware that high levels of polyphenols and other powerful plant compounds in blue elderberry support our immune systems and reduce the severity and duration of colds and flu. Early research on the properties in Sambucus may eventually document its capacity to combat cancer, support cardiovascular and digestive health, alleviate diabetes symptoms and even reduce cognitive decline.

EWF’s Founding Director Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq) has been invited to attend the 19th Annual Elderberry Conference at University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri June 18-20.

We welcome anyone interested in hearing more about TEK in practice on our land plus habitat restoration projects and native plant nursery development at our nursery to join us!

One grant was recently unfrozen, partly thanks to U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas who sent letters to the US Department of Agriculture in February...

Join our Farm tour on May 4th 2025!

BIOGRAPHY OF LAKOTA MEDICINE MAN MARTIN HIGH BEAR NOW AVAILABLE