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New Year’s Lessons from the Romans – Eat Cabbage

By Dora Lane

De brassica quod concoquit:  on the medicinal value of the cabbage according to the Roman Marcus Cato. Cabbage has long been known to promote health.   Cato puts it well: Brassica est quae omnibus holeribus antistat [It is

Thanks, Let’s Eat!

By Dora Lane

Thanksgiving is a great holiday – we are mindful of giving thanks, and find ourselves wishing all sorts of folks a happy holiday, like the customer service rep thanking us for our patience when

Watch: La Soga – Jim Duke Sings to the Plants

By Dawn Black

We love it! Jim Duke (James A. Duke, Ph.D.) — living legend plant genius, ethnobotanist, author, and songwriter sings “La Soga” to the Amazonian plants, Ayahuasca and friends. Performed for Luis Eduardo Luna, Ph.D.

Vegan Black Metal Chef – Indian Feast Of The Gods

By Dawn Black

Om Shanti. Embrace your demons and wake up and make yourself an Indian feast. The brilliant Vegan Black Metal Chef makes delicious Indian food – one of our favorites! Plus, the spices

In Awe of Amazing Fungi

By Dora Lane

Fungi are amazing.  Putting aside the fact that they are an entirely distinct kingdom from animals and plants, they win the Largest Organism prize and offer a vast (largely undiscovered, by us anyway) realm of potential