A licensed registered nurse, Demeter® Certified Biodynamic farmer, and herbalist, Randy Buresh and his wife, Pamela, are making their dreams come true. As the co-founders, owners, and operators of Oregon's Wild Harvest, they are passionate about health and healing, naturally. Their mission is to provide the freshest, purest, safest and most effective certified organic herbs used for supplements, bulk herbs, herbal teas, spices, extracts and herb oils available. And, they're perfectly suited to do it.

Randy's career in healing began in the Midwest, where he grew up learning to farm and be a responsible steward of the land. He first earned a degree in surgery technology, and then later returned to Central Methodist College (Fayette, Missouri) where he earned his R.N. (Registered Nurse) degree. He has worked as a Certified Surgical Nurse, a R.N., a Physician's Assistant and an E.M.T. During Randy's medical career, he could not help but notice the heavy reliance on pharmaceuticals, which he often believed simply masked symptoms, without ever adequately addressing the underlying problem: the disease causing the symptoms. He was certain that covering up the symptoms only drove the disease deeper into the body. Randy became frustrated watching patient after patient go into surgery, too often without really needing the operation, and then relying, once again, on pharmaceuticals or more surgeries.

He began researching less invasive treatments for health conditions, which led him to natural herbal medicine. An opportunity to serve in a technical position with an Oregon Tilth Certified Organic herb farm and herbal supplement manufacturer reaffirmed his commitment to healing with organically grown herbal remedies.

Randy says, "We are on the brink of a serious health care crisis in this country. With the baby boomers aging, people living longer, yet not always taking care of their bodies, something has to change. The answer is not more pharmaceutical drugs. People must begin taking better care of themselves, providing their bodies with nutritional support in profound ways -which quality herbs do. A concentrated dose of vitamins, minerals, amino acids that the body needs but isn't getting...this is a better answer than taking drugs like they were candy. And because of this, and the undisputable positive effects that herbs have on our bodies, I believe that herbs will play a significant role in the future of modern health care."

Randy's desire to help more people understand their health issues, combined with his extensive knowledge on the subject and his passion for herbal medicine, frequently leads him to giving presentations to retailers and health practitioners. He has lectured at Bastyr University in Seattle, WA, as well as at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, OR.