Features Editor
Kristina Patel
Kristina produces the interviews at Root to Bottle: the research, the question lists, the follow-ups. She grew up on her grandmother's turmeric milk and still asks every founder where their plant was grown and who taught them to use it.
25stories
By Kristina Patel
Targeted herbs for daily gut comfort, with Siff Haider
81 and the barrier botanicals they highlight
Sally Mueller and Michelle Jacobs and the menopause capsule
Why Gary Kehoe left corporate formulating to bottle botanicals plainly
What Amanda Chantal Bacon learned from a Venice juice counter
What Tero Isokauppila learned from foraging Finnish forests as a child
Why Lulu Ge traded birth control rhythm for boiled herbs and tinctures
Inside Needed with Julie Sawaya and Ryan Woodbury, tracing roots to results
Plant blends for steady monthly comfort with Lauren Lee and Matt Crane
Chervin Jafarieh and the morning cup of shilajit tea
Inside Love Wellness with Lauren Bosworth, tracing herbs from field to capsule
Mari Llewellyn and the daily greens scoop tradition
Nina Mullen and the pink packet that started Hilma
Science
Review of sleep taping trials reports limited backing
What new refill rules change for keepers of jars and compacts
A clean label idea rooted in plants, with Vani Hari
What extra lean tissue changes for midlife adults dieting
What Victoria Thain Gioia learned from sorting prenatal pills in Los Angeles
EU lowered the formaldehyde label limit, shared recipes must change
Coffee as a plant remedy, with Andrew Salisbury
Why Werner and Hossain traded strong coffee for mushrooms
Carly Stein and the pharmacy propolis that shaped a company
Why Trinity Mouzon Wofford kept her remedies close to home
Why Jules Miller traded filler heavy capsules for traced formulas
