David Winston, RH (AHG), President internationally known lecturer, author, and ethnobotanist, is the Founder and President of Herbalist & Alchemist.

In the early 1970’s, David began his life-long journey into studying, practicing, teaching and researching Chinese, Western/Eclectic, and South Eastern Herbal Traditions. David’s world-renowned two-year herbal studies program, David Winston’s Center For Herbal Studies, has been educating Herbalists, Physicians, Nurses, Naturopathic Physicians, Veterinarians, and Nutritionists in the art and science of clinical herbal medicine since 1980.

David’s Herbal Therapeutics Research Library is one of the largest private herbal research libraries in the U.S. It has over 8,000 volumes, dating from 1550 to present, and over 15,000 articles on file, and is constantly being expanded with new herbal research. This library is a working library, used for his research for Herbalist & Alchemist and the herbal and nutritional industry.

David is a founding member of the highly regarded American Herbalists Guild, the first professional herbalists’ organization in the US, which certifies clinical herbalists. He continues to serve on the AHG’s professional membership review committee.

He also serves as an Advisory Board Member of the American Botanical Council and is on the Industry Review Committees of the Botanical Safety Handbook and the nomenclature revisions for the definitive Herbs of Commerce.

David is a clinical herbal consultant to hundreds of prominent physicians (MDs, NDs, DOs, DCs) throughout the US, Canada and Europe and has authored hundreds of articles and a number of books on herbs.

David is a founding member of the highly regarded American Herbalists Guild, the first professional herbalists’ organization in the US, which certifies clinical herbalists.

Beth Lambert,CEOA Harvard Business School graduate, CEO Beth Lambert left a very successful Wall Street career to pursue her interest in environmentally based businesses.

For years she had made money for clients whose products were made without consideration for sustainability or the environment. Having met some environmental pioneers in the Permaculture movement in the late 1980s, she resolved that the rest of her life would be dedicated to making products that were healthy, “closer to the earth” and sustainable.

She was soon running a Permaculture publishing company, a community supported farm, and teaching at Rutgers University. One of Beth’s farming partners, who was taking David Winston’s two-year herbal studies program, knew David was seeking business advice on his herbal products company and introduced them. And after reviewing the business, she joined the company as his business partner.

Beth is on the Board of the Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association and has helped to develop their Educational Teleseminar Program for Veterinarians. She has served on the Board of American Herbal Products Association for many years and is Chair of the AHPA Education Committee. She is also Chair of the non-profit AHPA Foundation for Education and Research on Botanicals.

Every employee and sales rep of our company is committed to achieving the highest standards of excellence possible. Our staff has the training and knowledge to help you be successful with our products

Herbalist & Alchemist

Our Dedicated Staff

Our dedicated staff and sales team work hard to produce and represent our high-quality products. Many have been with us for over 20 years and the majority are trained herbalists, having completed or currently enrolled in David Winston’s 2-year herbalist training class. Every employee and sales rep of our company is committed to achieving the highest standards of excellence possible, and has the training and knowledge to help you be successful with our products:

  • Our Production staff manufactures H&A extracts to David Winston’s specifications and works with a network of growers and wild-crafters to ensure supplier quality and integrity.
  • The Packaging staff blends individually produced extracts into David Winston’s formulas. They bottle and carefully label all of our products.
  • Our Customer Service Department diligently answers your questions, takes your orders, and prepares your packages for shipment.
  • Marketing staff ensure that you receive notification of our monthly specials, new products and other important developments; they coordinate David’s educational events and prepare us for trade events and conferences that we attend throughout the year.
  • Quality Control oversees all aspects of our processes, including meeting standards, following procedures, and regulatory compliance.
  • You will meet our Sales Representatives at trade shows and educational conferences held throughout the country. Knowledgeable and experienced, they help Health Food Stores determine the right mix of our products for their region and train store staffs on how to use them.
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