Connie Karstens holds a Bachelor’s in Biology from St. Thomas University with an emphasis on Nutrition and Botany and a Master’s in Health and Nutrition Education from Hawthorn University (now collaborated with American College of Healthcare Sciences). She taught college-level nutrition for 14 years. After completing several years of formal study in herbal medicine and an 18-month apprenticeship, she began her own clinical professional practice in 2005. She is certified as a First Line Therapy® Lifestyle Educator, Dietary Supplement Specialist (DSS), and a Minnesota Master Naturalist. Connie is the founder and CEO of The Lamb Shoppe & Wellness Center.

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Connie grows, gathers, and uses many locally found botanicals for wildcrafted herbal tinctures, medicinal teas, infused oils, salves, and syrups. She also works with and teaches about Bach Flower and Flower Essence Services (FES) therapy.
 
She teaches classes extensively both privately, through the community and conducts numerous workshops to facilitate health and healing. In addition to herbal medicine, nutrition, and natural healing, she teaches a diversity of classes on sustainable agriculture, land stewardship, and wild edibles. 

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Connie is the author of an educational card set series on herbal medicine education and wild foraging. The set includes Nature’s Medicine, Garden Medicine, Making and Using Herbal Preparations Simplified, and Wild Edible Plant Collection.