Soul to Soul Healing with Native Pollinators – Mother Earth News

How do I heal my soul when it’s damaged? Cultivate a healing place farm and apiary to aid in trauma processing and soul-to-soul healing with Tamarya Sims.

In the Cherokee creation story, a buzzard creates the mountains and valleys with each flap of his wings. It’s these very same mountains and buzzards that envelop Tamarya Sims (they/them) with a sense of peace and protection as they farm this tribal land in Western North Carolina. Tamarya is a Black environmentalist, farmer, herbalist, educator, and beekeeper. I had the pleasure of interviewing them recently about their experiences residing and working in rural Appalachia.