TINA SAMS left the corporate world 30 years ago to pursue her true calling--plants. In the time since, she founded The Essential Herbal, a magazine that teaches readers how to use herbs in medicine, food, gardening, and crafting. Tina also travels around to lecture about and teach a variety of herb skills. Finally, in her spare moments, she likes to forage wild plant foods, pursue aromatic plant distillation, and play with natural dyes.