(L-R) Sara Grusky, an herbalist, farmer and owner of Green Uprising Farm in Willits, Calif., and Prana, (no last name given) a certified nurse and herbalist, pour cider during the Mendocino Community Wellness Collective pop-up at the Long Valley Feed & Supply outside Laytonville on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Sydney Fishman/Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 4/16/25 – Outside Laytonville’s oldest continuous business, Long Valley Feed and Supply, a local grassroots group’s “Wellness Wagon” has been making its rounds to help people treat their ailments with native herbs and plants grown in the region. 

The Wellness Wagon is a team of herbalists, massage therapists, nurses and nutritionists from the Mendocino Community Wellness Collective, a group that brings herbal consultations and remedies to the community and coordinates pop-up events throughout the county to assist community members dealing with anxiety, depression or physical ailments like colds and inflammation. 

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.