by Siri Undlin | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Plants have been on the planet for just under 500 million years. Somewhere along the way, humans understood that while certain plants could kill you, others could heal ailments in amazing ways. These healing herbs are part of an ancient understanding of the world and...
by Riley Fortier | Aug 17, 2019 | Biology, Education, Plant Identification
Florida is a state teeming with biodiversity. With the nickname “The Sunshine State,” Florida must have loads of sun-loving plant life – and indeed it does! Although there are thousands of plant species native to the state, a handful of them are quite...
by Riley Fortier | Aug 10, 2019 | Edible Plants, Education, Plant Identification
Foraging is a fun way to gather your own food from nature – all for free! One of the beauties of the natural world is the bounty of food just waiting to be collected and eaten. This bounty is not just for animals like deer or squirrels. Us humans can take...
by Siri Undlin | Aug 7, 2019 | Edible Plants, Gardening, Useful Plants
Subsistence farming, or subsistence agriculture, is when a farmer grows food for themselves and their family on a small plot of land. Unlike other types of farming, subsistence farming is focused more on survival. There is very little or no emphasis on trading and...
by Evan Levy | Aug 3, 2019 | Edible Plants, Flowers, Useful Plants
Imagine, 75% of the calories consumed by humans come from just 12 plant and 5 livestock species. Humans regularly cultivate only 200 species of plants for food, out of the nearly half-million that exist. With over 400,000 species of flowering plants alone, there must...
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