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Welcome!

VCIH is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing our community with healthcare resources grounded in Nature. We offer free and sliding-scale herbal consultations through our community clinic, as well as affordable classes that empower individuals to take care of themselves and their families, whenever appropriate. We also provide comprehensive herbalist training programs, which include clinical experience gained through collaborative practice in the community clinic.

Our ability to provide free and low-cost services is supported by the tuition from our training programs and by contributions of time and resources from local practitioners, herb growers and product makers. To foster a self-sustaining model of community service, we also invite those we serve to help us continue our work—and gain new skills—by participating in the ongoing maintenance of the clinic, through such activities as making remedies and growing herbs for donation.

Our mission is to:

• educate and empower individuals to use traditional remedies as viable options in caring for themselves and their families;
• emphasize partnership with a clinical herbalist or other practitioner as an important adjunct to self-care;
• provide high-quality education for aspiring family and clinical herbalists;
• offer financially accessible health consultations to the community, creating an opportunity for collaborative practice among experienced herbalists, as well as a forum for education of clinical students;
• integrate and collaborate with other modalities and advance the role of the herbalist as an integral part of an effective healthcare model;
• renew deep connection with nature, encouraging a culture of ecological awareness, respect and interrelationship.

We do not discriminate in accepting students to our school, or clients to our clinic. Please click here to read our non-discrimination policy.

News:

Hours expanded for 2009 curriculum. Increased tuition effective September 1st.
Submit an application before 9/1/08 to receive reduced rates!
Students who apply early receive the discounted tuition for the duration of their stay at VCIH (1,2, or 3 years).
Call us at (802) 224-7100, email info@vtherbcenter.org, to learn more about the application process or to schedule an interview.

Summer round of Community Classes is here!
Schedule posted for Spring classes through August.
Local herbalists share their knowledge and experience through evening and weekend workshops. 
Click here for the schedule.

3-Year Clinical Herbalist training program 
Our curriculum begins with basic, grounded work with key medicinal plants, and progresses into advanced herbal studies and supervised clinical work. Click here for more information. Click here to apply.

Schedule posted for 2008 Family Herbalist program (and Year 1 of Clinical Herbalist program).
Classes are held on Thursdays. Click here for the full schedule.
You can apply for individual classes from the schedule. Cost is roughly $12/contact hour. Click here to apply.