[MPWG] eat the weeds

[Center for Sustainable Resources]

They all have a use and a purpose . It is that simple. I have been trying to 
figure out how to use ailanthus. Foresters have made the claim that it can't 
be used as wood because it ruins saw blades. I have already figured out that 
that is not true but it is soft wood and it stinks. It is not wanted because 
other trees presently available have better qualities. However something 
that can grow thirty foot a year could be valuable with even one good common 
use. Fred hays

>From: pankaj oudhia <pankajoudhia at yahoo.com>
>To: MPWG at lists.plantconservation.org
>Subject: Re: [MPWG] eat the weeds
>Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 06:19:14 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Bob thanks for initiating discussion on my favorite aspect.
>
>Instead of using word weed we can use the wild plants. Because when we use 
>weed the researchers afraid of invasives come forward.
>
>In my region the utilization of weeds is not resulting in spread of these 
>species.The natives are using it as curry, the healers are using at as 
>medicine and the farmers are earning additional income by uprooting and 
>selling it to local traders.This concept is known as Management through 
>Utilization. I have written over 400 research articles on medicinal weeds 
>.Also much on herbal dishes prepared from weedy species.Please read this 
>article
>Traditional medicinal knowledge about common weeds used as potherbs (Bhaji) 
>in Chhattisgarh, India
>http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/11_potherbs.html
>
>You can get more articles from
>http://www.iprng.org/IPRNG_MTAW.html
>or simply search medicinal weed or medicinal weeds at google.com ,you will 
>get the articles in third number.
>
>regards
>Pankaj Oudhia
>http://www.pankajoudhia.com
>
>Bob Beyfuss <rlb14 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>I think eating weeds is a good idea, many of them are far more nutritious
>than their cultivated counterparts, i.e. dandelion. I will send her lots of
>recipes from an Extension bulletin I wrote in 1977. I am not so sure
>publishing recipes for invasive plants is a good idea. The reason we have
>some of these plants today is because they were purposely introduced as
>food crops for us or cattle, i.e., Kudzu. As recently as last year I saw
>garlic mustard seed for sale in a catalogue as an edible green.
>Bob
>
>
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