Exploring Vanilla in the Rainforest and in the Kitchen: Part I
By Susan Belsinger (Adapted from her article, “Exploring Rainforest Spices at Villa Vanilla,” featured in the 2019 issue of The...
By Susan Belsinger (Adapted from her article, “Exploring Rainforest Spices at Villa Vanilla,” featured in the 2019 issue of The...
Sponsored by the Baton Rouge Unitby Jen Munson, HSA Education Chair economic, and medicine, among other uses. This is where...
By Karen O’Brien (Apple cider vinegar is made by adding yeast to apple juice, which breaks down the sugars into...
By Jen Munson, HSA Education Chair
By Amy Forsberg into a party and making large quantities assembly-line style. This is part of what makes them such...
By Amy Forsberg It turned out that “sorrel” is a name for the calyces of Hibiscus sabdariffa, a plant commonly...
By Matt Millage It never ceases to amaze me how much tea is consumed daily. An estimated 2.16 billion cups...
By Maryann Readal The tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica) is one of many tropical herbal trees. Its leaves, bark, wood, roots,...
By Keith Howerton This chef is now able to grow top-notch herbs inside his restaurant, just feet away from the...
by Jen Munson, HSA Education Chair Face it, 2020, for the most part, has been a bust! The pandemic has...
The use of plants for healing purposes predates recorded history and forms the origin of much of modern medicine. Many conventional drugs originate from plant sources: a century ago, most of the few effective drugs were plant-based. Examples include aspirin (from willow bark), dioxin (from foxglove), quinine (from cinchona bark), and morphine (from the opium poppy). The development of drugs from plants continues, with drug companies engaged in large-scale pharmacologic screening of herbs.
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