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Environment & Energy

NathanSharp

(16 posts)

6. Interesting

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 02:23 PM

Aug 2015

What can be foraged and what can be easily grown for personal sustinence isn't even necessarily valuable to the global economy. I could grow mint, pick Verbena, pick skullcap, and this is probably every bit as good as coffee or tea. However, if I tried to sell any of this, I'd be hard pressed to find a buyer like I would with coffee. Its better for the environment and better for health, better for personal autonomy, but I can't exchange much of it for currency. Its a bizzare situation.

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Every Forest Biome on Earth Is Actively Dying Right Now [View all] n2doc Aug 2015 OP

illbesttingdown' and reading the whole article later tonight. truedelphi Aug 2015 #1

Sickening. Our upper Piedmont hickory-oak forests are supposedly transitioning to Hortensis Aug 2015 #2

Up here in MN, our maple-basswood forests are transitioning to hickory-oak forests and oak savanna! NickB79 Aug 2015 #3

We'd be so better off if it'd somehow become clear sooner. The temporary cooling effect over Hortensis Aug 2015 #4

The planet is now home to the equivalent of 150 billion human foragers GliderGuider Aug 2015 #5

Interesting NathanSharp Aug 2015 #6

Can you make tea from ma huang? That would sell. GliderGuider Aug 2015 #7

how would you prepare any of those ? I know hundreds of uses for mint but the others. sue4e3 Aug 2015 #8

For the first time in my 72 year-old life, Bigmack Aug 2015 #9

Increasingly Severe Disturbances Weaken World’s Temperate Forests OKIsItJustMe Aug 2015 #10