Herbalist David Bruce Leonard will discuss the food potential of our Maui landscape, and how to harvest responsibly.  October 20, 7 pm, at the Hali`imaile Community Center on Makomako St. in Hali`imaile (mauka of Hali`imaile Rd.), the public is invited to learn about the Hawaiian forests, fields, beaches, and back yards, filled to the brim with wild edibles.  Learn which plants are edible? Which are poisonous? Come and find out what’s growing in your back yard!  This event is free.  Questions, call 573-9260.

            David Bruce Leonard is a practitioner and teacher of all five branches of traditional Chinese medicine: Acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, food as medicine, and martial arts. David has studied traditional medicines with healers in Asia, North and South America, and Hawai’i. With a Master’s Degree in traditional Chinese medicine, he has a working knowledge of more than 400 traditional Hawaiian, Chinese, and Western plants. A deep ecologist and Hawaiian native plant specialist, he has been a student of Hawaiian medicine under Kahu Kawika Ka’alakea, Kaipo Kaneakua and Na Kupuna ‘O Hawai’i since 1992.

            He is the author of ‘Medicine at Your Feet – Healing Plants of the Hawaiian Kingdom’ and ‘How to Worship the Goddess and Keep Your Balls – A Man’s Guide to Deep Intimacy’.  He is holding a series of three workshops on Maui, October 21, 22, and 23.  To learn more, visit www.davidbruceleonard.com.