Posted on November 23, 2019
by John Jeavons
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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that everything we buy or grow to eat now was once a wild species. Our ancestors have done the bulk of the work identifying and domesticating the foods we now take for granted in our gardens and stores. But… Continue Reading “Foraged Flavor: Finding Our Culinary Roots in Wild Food”
Category: books, farming/gardening, foraged foods, foraging, foraging for wild plants, GROW THE EARTH, harvesting, inspiration, interesting practices, My favorite things, native plant, native plants, plants, practical guides, unusual techniquesTags: cooking, edible plants, foraged flavor, foraging, harvesting, recipes, sustainable, Tama Matsuoka Wong, wild food
Posted on March 25, 2019
by John Jeavons
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Sustainability isn’t a new concept. For almost 50 years I have worked to create a form of agriculture that helps all people grow abundant nutritious food and fertile soil, in harmony with this beautiful earth. I know that I have been helped and… Continue Reading “Old Ways, New Farmers: How Native Wisdom Can Help Us Create a Better Future”
Category: about crops, arid climate, books, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, GROW THE EARTH, history, history of agriculture, interesting practices, medicinal plants, My favorite things, Native American, Native American practices, native plant, native plants, plants, sustainability, unusual techniquesTags: Akta Lakota, Daniel Moerman, ethnobotany, first people, Handbook of Indian Foods and Fibers of Arid America, hopi, Medicinal plants, Native American Medicinal Plants—An Ethnobotanical Dictionary:, Native peoples, north america, The Hopi Survival Kit, Thomas Mails, tribes
Posted on July 23, 2018
by John Jeavons
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Everyone seemed to enjoy the Lost Crops of Africa so much, I thought I’d mention another treasure from the National Research Council: Lost Crops of the Incas (published in 1989). This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in ethnobotany and heirloom varieties,… Continue Reading “Lost Crops of the Incas”
Category: about crops, books, Carribean America, Central America, crops, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, food security, grains, GROW THE EARTH, history, Latin America, native plant, native plants, plants, South America, vegetablesTags: central america, crops, ethnobotany, inca, latin america, National Research Council, native crops, plants, south america
Posted on July 18, 2018
by John Jeavons
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This 3-book series Lost Crops of Africa (Volumes I, II and III on Grains, Vegetables, and Fruits, published in 1996, 2006 and 2008, respectively) is a treasure for us all, but especially for the African continent, with the hope it presents of growing food… Continue Reading “Lost Crops of Africa”
Category: about crops, Africa, books, crops, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, food security, fruits, grains, GROW THE EARTH, native plants, vegetablesTags: Africa, books, crops, food security, native plants
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