Author name: Elara Voskian
Elara Voskian is a certified organic horticulturist and ethnobotanical researcher with 14 years of fieldwork across the Andes, Himalayas, and Mediterranean coastlines. She holds a Ph.D. in Sustainable Phyto-Agriecology and directs the HerbaTerra Collaborative, a nonprofit advancing regenerative herb cultivation. Her work integrates indigenous seed-keeping practices with USDA Organic compliance, and she consults for botanical farms across six continents.