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Forty years ago, Peru’s Department of Agriculture tallied maca cultivation at only 70 acres. By the early ‘90s, maca was on the endangered plants list. This year, Peruvian farmers have revived and saved this herb only to face invasion by biopirates. Today, we’re talking about maca and the integrity herbalists must bring to indigenous crops.
Herbs we mentioned
- Borage
- Coltsfoot
- Honey
- Grains
- Milk
- Eggs
Articles we mentioned
Herbs in the News:
We discussed an article on Plexus news by Josh Paniagua entitled “FDA Attacks Dr Bronner’s, Prohibits Them from Sharing Information,” that was published in November, 2014. We talked about the effect the FDA’s actions have on the public, herbalists, and individual companies like Dr. Bronner’s.
Herbal 101
Herbalists use a variety of terms to describe the properties of herbs. We discussed Comfrey is it toxic or not?
Further Reading
The Practical Herbalist Team
Candace Hunter, Sue Sierralupe and Patrick Hunter have been working together as the Practical Herbalist/Real Herbalism Radio team for many years. They have published 10 books which are available in Kindle form.
