Josip Orlovac Del Río, a maestro huachumero from coastal Peru, has over 33 years of experience with Huachuma, learning traditional healing practices from his Andean grandfather. He has cultivated more than 5,000 San Pedro cacti over 30 years and is known for creating the cultural phenomenon Mullu. Together with an alliance of traditional curanderos and Indigenous leaders, Josip and Laurel co-founded Huachuma Collective, a nonprofit association in Peru which works with Andean communities towards the bio-cultural sustainability of the San Pedro Cactus.

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THE ARK: Biocultural Sustainability for the San Pedro Cactus

ESPD55 Presentation
Ethnopharmacology and phytochemical profiling of Huachuma.

Brainforest Café Podcast with Laurel Sugden & Josip Orlovac del Río (Ep#29), December 2024
Listen to the episode and read the transcript