Planting the Future: Saving Our Medicinal Herbs
Author: Rosemary Gladstar
Voted one of the Top 10 books in 2000 by the Vermont Book Publishers Association.
A collective endeavor by United Plant Savers, featuring America's most respected and well-known herbalists.
Contributors include Don Babineau, Tim Blakley, Mark Blumenthal, Jane Bothwell, Stephen Harrod Buhner, David Bunting, Richo Cech, Tane Datta, Shatoiya and Rick de la Tour, Ryan Drum, Doug Elliott, Steven Foster, Cascade Anderson Geller, Kate Gilday, Rosemary Gladstar, James Green, Pamela Hirsch, Christopher Hobbs, Sara Katz, Kathi Keville, Robyn Klein, Richard Liebmann, Brigitte Mars, Pam Montgomery, Nancy and Michael Phillips, Janice J. Schofield, Joanne Marie Snow, Deb Soule, Paul Strauss, Gregory L. Tilford, Krista Thie, Susun S. Weed, David Winston, Martin Wall, Matthew Wood.
While the renaissance in the U.S. botanical market is positive in many respects, medicinal plant populations are suffering from loss of habitat and overharvesting, and many bestselling herbs are now at risk including echinacea, American ginseng, goldenseal, Hawaiian wild kava, and wild yam. The authors share their extensive experience with using and growing thirty-three of these popular herbs and include suggestions for creating your own private herbal sanctuary--whether a city balcony, suburban backyard, or rural retreat. Full-color photographs will inspire experienced and novice herb users alike to protect and cultivate these remarkable healing plants. Readers will also find out how to use herbal analogues for at-risk plants--other medicinal herbs that provide the same benefits and exist in plentiful amounts--and learn ways to make their herbal purchases a vote forsustainability. Planting the Future shows us how we can participate in the land stewardship, habitat protection, and eco-friendly consumption that will ensure an abundant, renewable supply of medicinal plants for future generations.
All author royalties will be used for replanting native medicinal herbs on a 370-acre botanical sanctuary in Ohio.
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The book draws on the experience not only of its two editors but also many other respected herbalists from the organization United Plant Savers...
Booknews
North American native plants from ginseng to wild yam are being loved to extinction by the booming medicinal herb market, as 40 advocates explain. This book includes color photos, data on at-risk herbs and their uses, and conservation resources. Gladstar founded United Plant Savers and the California School of Herbal Studies. Hirsch owns an herbal body care business. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Planting The Future provides a different focus on the botanical market, featuring works by the herbalists of United plant Savers and discussing strategies to save and preserve medicinal herbs. Chapters provide an A-Z listing of herbs and their history, uses and propagation.
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On Salads: Sensation on a Plate
Author: Sue Lawrenc
Nutritious, delicious, and quick to prepare, salads are the ultimate food for our time. Here, chef Sue Lawrence offers a truly global collection of sophisticated and achievable recipes. Whether you crave the palate-cleansing simplicity of Watercress and Red Pepper or an invigorating start to a meal—try Arugula, Artichoke, Parmesan, and Prosciutto or Roasted Fennel with Stilton—these salads are brimming with flavor and freshness. The main courses, from a classic Salade Niçoise to the more unusual East-West fusion of Duck, Pea and Ginger or the intriguing Elephant Foot Bread with Avocado, provide ample proof that a salad makes a hearty meal on its own. And, if you still have room, there are marvelous fruit salads and compotes, like Figs with Rosemary and Pistachios. A luscious collection of recipes to create the perfect feast.
