A Plant A Day

Freshly dug horseradish is the fiery heart of my traditional herbal tonic, fire cider. Last night we harvested horseradish root […]

Meet Thismia daemona: Thailand’s newly described “Devil Flower.” This tiny, nearly black plant spends most of its life hidden beneath

In case you missed it…Yesterday I gave my presentation on a panel for “Mushrooms 3.0” called “Grain of Truth:Mushrooms, Labels

Behind every botanical on your label is a living system: a species, a place, a harvest season, a community whose

A new long-term, whole-lake study offers an unsettling reminder that endocrine-active pollutants can affect wildlife in ways that laboratory studies

This post series on botanical ingredient adulteration is inspired by the excellent work coming out of the Botanical Adulterants Prevention

A new global analysis of 1.2 million satellite images suggests that floating algae blooms (including macroalgal mats such as Sargassum

Many medicinal plants come from rural communities that have known them, harvested them, and looked after them for generations. That’s

The EBI Network is designed to help move biodiversity from a good intention to a practical engine for better sourcing,

Researchers from the University of Parma, in collaboration with Cranfield University, tested 212 plant-based meat alternatives and plant-based beverages sold