This flu, cold, and COVID-19-virus season, let’s do the best we can to keep ourselves and our communities healthy! (Read some tips on how to prepare from The New York Times here.) We're having a fire cider and elderberry syrup making get-together on Sunday, March 8, led by Ruby member, herbalist, and curandera, Samantha Garcia! Join us from 4 to 6 p.m. Bring ingredients (and knowledge) to share; you’ll get to take some fire cider and elderberry syrup home. Please bring your own glass jars and bottles to take your cider and syrup home. Bring a sharp chef’s knife & peeler if you can, too.

Ingredient suggestions:

• Apple cider vinegar (raw & unpasteurized)

• Honey (raw & unpasteurized)

• Horseradish

• Garlic

• Ginger

• Onions

• Lemon

• Thyme, oregano, rosemary, sage (any or all!)

• Turmeric

• Lemongrass

• Black pepper