Matthew Alfs, MH, RH (AHG) is a clinical herbalist, school director, lecturer, adult-education instructor, and author. He has delivered over 300 lectures and seminars throughout the USA and has taught at two different colleges and two different universities. A prolific writer, he has been published in a large variety of journals and magazines and has authored five books and a 1,500-page, college-level curriculum for the Midwest School of Herbal Studies, which he founded in 2003 and directs to this day. (See www.midwestherbalstudies.com.) Matthew's best-selling book, 300 Herbs, is currently in its second edition (2020), while another of his books, Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants of the Midwest (3rd ed., 2020), publ. by Minnesota Historical Society Press, is currently an Amazon bestseller in Midwest Gardening. His first novel, Diary of a Country Herbalist, was released in Dec. 2017. (See www.oldtheologybookhouse.com)