Katja Information

Katja Swift has been practicing clinical herbalism since 2001. She apprenticed with Rosemary Gladstar and studied with Guido Masé. She ran a family practice clinic in central Vermont for six years. During this time, she owned and worked a 150-acre certified organic farm, raising heritage breed livestock and market and herb gardens. She taught monthly at the local coop, and as a guest lecturer at Dartmouth Medical School and the UVM Medical School. She presented annually at the Northeast Organic Farming Association conference. Katja worked actively to help pass anti-GMO legislation in Vermont: the Right to Know Seed Labeling Bill, which became the first such law in the nation, as well as the Farmer Protection Act. She also worked extensively with the Weston A. Price Foundation, publishing several articles in their quarterly journal. She has published articles in the journal of the Northeast Herbal Association. She is a member of the American Herbalists Guild, the Northeast Herbal Association, and United Plant Savers. Since returning to Boston in 2007, Katja has taught regularly at the Boston School of Herbal Studies. Currently she is also presenting an ongoing herbal series in Brookline. Katja is practicing in Arlington with plans to expand to Brookline this summer.