About Peggy Schafer
Peggy Schafer is a widely respected horticulturalist and organic farmer. In 1997 Ms. Schafer decided the time was auspicious for starting Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm, a speciality nursery offering organically grown Asian medicinal herb transplants. The offering of field grown herbs was added to the business in 2001. Her goal and passion has always been to offer the highest quality and most efficacious herbs possible.
Peggy has been fortunate to have the kinship of many renowned experts in the field, including acupuncturists, Chinese herbalists, Acupuncture and Oriental medicine scholars, botanists and other professional growers, all united with the common goal of bringing Chinese herbal medicine to the health enhancement of those who seek it.
Currently Peggy is secretary of the Sonoma County Herb Exchange, a clearinghouse connecting growers with buyers. Peggy is also a founding and steering committee member of the MHC, a marketing group representing over ninety farms nationwide. She speaks often on the cultivation of Chinese herbs, and on worldwide issues involved with the herb trade and it's impact to practitioners' and their clients, as well as other related subjects."