Dayempur Herbals & Midwest Medical Thermography: Natural Health Businesses Growing in Southern IllinoisOn the Small Town Big Business podcast in Marion, Illinois, host Joe Kuski interviews Carbondale-based natural health entrepreneurs Anita Brown and Terry Hickey, who collaborate through DME Health Services, LLC. Brown runs Midwest Medical Thermography, a mobile digital infrared screening service focused on physiology and early detection of inflammation and disease, and also practices naturopathy/functional medicine through Radiant Functional Health. Hickey owns Dayempur Herbals, which grows and manufactures herbal supplements and personal care products at Dayempur Farm in Anna, Illinois, ships nationwide, and supports education through events and a new podcast, Healing Connections. They discuss building supportive practitioner networks, challenges of rural population density, and growing businesses organically with help from resources like ETHOS and the SBDC.