Taproot Medicine's beloved formulations have been supporting our communities since 2010. Rooted in formulations by clinical Herbalist Frieda Kipar Bay, each of our medicines has its origins born of her wisdom, experience with clients, and deep connection with the plants.

Today, it's our voice and deep listening that water the roots of what Frieda planted back in 2010. Together, we're growing our shared vision: to bring this delicious and potent Earth medicine to support the health and wellbeing of our ever-expanding communities.

We abide by labor, environmental, and sourcing protocols that align with not just our values, but also with the clean manufacturing necessary to ensure safe, potent, and consistent medicine.

We have outfitted our dedicated lab with the most state of the art equipment at every stage of medicine making. From our water filtration system to steep our responsibly-sourced herbs to our custom-built press to pull the most nutrients out of every steep.

We are a naturally diverse collective of women who research, harvest, formulate, and make medicines together in our dedicated medicine-making lab in West County Sonoma, in Northern California.

clockwise from top left: Hilary Go, Larraine Govinden, Jessica Kleiderman, and Charlotte Connors

I believe that medicine comes by way of relationship. This work is rooted in healing, cultivating, and deepening our relationship to ourselves, each other, and the earth.

My journey with plants began while pregnant with my first child, feeling called to manage my own well-being more holistically. Through deep education at California School of Herbal Studies, and partnering with Taproot founder Frieda Kipar Bay in 2018, I have been deeply honored to make, share, and further develop these beautiful medicines for our community. The practice of deep listening in medicine making has been part of the path to continue ceremony and healing work as a Four Winds School trained Shaman.

Life's medicine is about remembering our interconnectedness with Earth as we bring forth courageous and creative new visions of beauty, health, and justice.

It is my honor to make this medicine for our community. This journey began when I witnessed the magic of mullein and garlic as it healed a raging ear infection in my infant son.

As the founder of several heart-led small businesses, I am inspired to disrupt the "business-as-usual" paradigm to build new co-empowering structures that are in right relationship with our land, community, and selves.

This work is rooted in the alchemy of remembering. As we have co-evolved with the plant world, I'm dedicated to remembering traditions, skills, and knowledge that have forever been part of our humanity.

As a clinical herbalist in public and private practice (you can find me at Farmacopia), I have developed the path of work with the elements of herbalism and plant medicine as an ideal way to create nourishment and beauty for the good of myself, the Earth, and my community.

I honor my ancestors mother, and grandmother, who taught me to cook and to care for myself so that I may show up here and care for others with this beautiful medicine.

I seek to live in a world of balance for all, and am called to support others in finding their center, and returning to it as often as possible.

After many years working in the health food industry, I spent decades living and learning a way of life with an indigenous family in the South Dakota's Black Hills. Art (jewelry, photography, traditional plains tribe beadwork, leatherwork & textiles) has been a thread throughout my work, including deep studies in plant medicine, and formulation. I have studied plant medicine, including advanced training at the California School of Herbal Studies.

In addition to making medicine for Taproot, I am also in public and private practice as a clinical herbalist... you can find me at Farmacopia.