AHG Benefits: Enhancing Ways AHG Members Participate!

Local Chapter membership and participation
AHG Facebook Group
Volunteer Task Force Opportunities
Promote your events & courses on the AHG Events Calendar
Promote your books & publications on the AHG books page
AHG Yahoo Group for students of herbalism 

AHG Membership at any level receives:

• AHG General Membership Voting Privileges (individual members)
• Free subscription to the biannual Journal of the AHG
• Free subscription to our informational e-newsletter, Guild News and Views
• Discounts to the Annual AHG Symposium
• Free Access to the AHG Webinar Series including 10 free webinars a year
• Unlimited on-line access to past issues of the AHG journal
• Unlimited on-line access to recorded lectures from AHG conferences and seminars
• Access to Professional Liability Insurance
• 10% discount at Frontier Natural Products Coop and Mountain Rose Herbs, and practitioner pricing at Herbalist & Alchemist

Additional Benefits for Professional Members

• RH (AHG) Credential
• Certificate of Professional Membership
• Promote Your Practice in AHG’s Find an Herbalist National Locator Service
• Promote your lectures in the AHG Speaker’s Bureau

Additional Benefits for Student Members

• Membership Discount
• Mentorship Opportunities
• Participation in the AHG Council of Students
• Student Discount for AHG Symposium

Additional Benefits for School Members

• Promote Your Herb School! Listing in our web-based Directory of Herbal Education
• FREE student membership in the AHG (to a student designated by the school)
• Representative to the AHG Council of Students*
• Includes access to all member benefits (webinars, MP3 downloads) for your library including a subscription to JAHG for the school library

*AHG Schools and Students may become affiliated with the Council of Students by contacting Sheila Kingsbury at SKingsBu@bastyr.edu or Mimi Hernandez at mhernandez@frostburg.edu 

General Membership
General Members are individuals who are interested in herbal medicine or who are working towards professional status in the AHG. All General Members agree to abide by the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the AHG

General Membership with Student Discount
Students in herbal study programs receive a $10 discount on their general membership dues, provided they submit evidence of enrollment in a program upon joining and every year upon renewal.

Professional Membership
Members in the Professional Member category have had their credentials evaluated by the Admissions Committee through our rigorous Admissions Review Process. This level of membership is open to herbalists from all traditions. Applicants for the Registry must complete the AHG application, submit a personal and professional biography, meet the AHG minimum professional requirements of at least four years of training and clinical experience, provide three letters of reference from practitioners in the field of botanical medicine, and three comprehensive case histories. Upon acceptance, professional members may use the designation Herbalist, AHG or Registered Herbalist (R.H.).

{Read an article on Becoming an AHG Professional Member}

{Download criteria for professional membership here}

School Membership
Any school that has an enrollment of a minimum of 10 active students per year may become a member of the AHG.