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🎉🆕📰🎉: Making a greener planet: nature documentaries promote plant awareness doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac149?…

Making a greener planet: nature documentaries promote plant awareness

AbstractBackground and Aims. Plants underpin life on Earth and are essential to human existence. Alarmingly, almost 40% of plant species are under threat o

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Replying to @taprootmag
@taprootmag sent this lily photo of my article in the latest issue (LUNAR), illustrations by @JuliaDitto.
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@taprootmag sent this photo of my essay in the latest issue with illustrations by @JuliaDitto
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Not a tree my friends, A LEAF! Amorphophallus titanum.
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I am really exited to an advance copy of my new journey into the wonderfulness of plants! It's about the coming together of plants and people through naming.. I learned sooo much writing it! Out 22 September via @NHM_London... And in USA from @UChicagoPress
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Dissecting the pine nut; and pine sex as a metaphor for investing in future generations. If you are lucky enough to encounter a pine nut this holiday season, it's worth giving this some thought. Another fascinating post from Katherine Preston. botanistinthekitchen.blog/20…
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This holiday favorite inspires smooches, feeds birds, and may help treat cancer. But it also has a dark side on.natgeo.com/3maV3Fl
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Andddd #NPRShortWave has entered the vegetables-are-a-lie-chat
Molly Edwards, PhD (@science_irl) profile pictureMolly Edwards, PhD@science_irl11 Jun 2021
Thought I was dreaming but turns out I am actually on @NPR talkin' about how bonkers broccoli is 🥦🥦🥦 Thankyouthankyou @maddie_sofia, it was the botanical thrill of a lifetime to go bananas for Brassica on #NPRShortWave! npr.org/2021/06/10/100514070…

Yep, We Made Up Vegetables : Short Wave

After hearing a vicious rumor on the internet that vegetables aren't real, Maddie goes looking for answers. Turns out, vegetables are a mere culinary construct. Still healthful and delicious, but a...

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I just made the point on air... A lot of talk about turnout... Not much of a surprise as it is a runoff... But there was a small, but not inconsequential number of voters, who went Biden/Perdue or Biden/GOP in the special... Do they still vote GOP? Do they turnout?...
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I just realized the topic of spices and ethereal oil cells had been treated in more detail on this fascinating blog! Go check it out @BitKblog botanistinthekitchen.blog/20…
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@BitKblog on: The leftovers of 2020 botanistinthekitchen.blog/20… #foodscience #plenty #leftovers #celery
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#AdventBotany Day 20 searches for the perfect compliment to white 'chocolate' and considers the #gomphothere with @KatherinePres10 of @BitKblog research.reading.ac.uk/herba…
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Le brocoli, le chou-fleur, le chou kale, le chou romanesco ou encore les choux de Bruxelles ont tous été créés par l'humain à partir d'une seule et même plante, la Brassica oleracea. botanistinthekitchen.blog/20…
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Brand new #AdventBotany species today by James Dinsley! Day 14 Vaccinium vitis-idaea, lingonberry - a staple of IKEA stores. We've previously seen cranberries by @dawnbazely and other #Ericaceae from @fossilplants. 11 days left @Nat_SCA @RNGherb research.reading.ac.uk/herba…
Botanical illustration showing a smal twiggy plant with ovate green leaves and bright red berries.

ALT Botanical illustration showing a smal twiggy plant with ovate green leaves and bright red berries.

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#AdventBotany Day 16 roasts chestnuts with Katharine Preston of @BitKblog see research.reading.ac.uk/herba… then read the full blog with the botanist in the kitchen.
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#AdventBotany 2020 Day 17 revisits a forest of Christmas Trees, DrM's mum & Trafalgar Square with @BotanyRNG & @drmgoeswild research.reading.ac.uk/herba…
Christmas tree in Broad Street Reading with Victorian & modern shop fronts

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#AdventBotany day 18 from the other half of @BitKblog today. Yerba mate lacks spines but has chemical defences. research.reading.ac.uk/herba… @MGS_tweets @ReadingBioSci @FAOForestry
Cream coloured bag of yerba mate with balck label showing mate trees

ALT Cream coloured bag of yerba mate with balck label showing mate trees

Mate tree showing new shoots regrowing after pruning.

ALT Mate tree showing new shoots regrowing after pruning.

red mate gourd with silver drinking straw

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Pick them green. :) I think most people use Bartletts (sp) for canning? Check this out. botanistinthekitchen.blog/20…
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The Botanist in the Kitchen has a browse through the brassicas in the garden.... botanistinthekitchen.blog/20…
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Want to learn more about us? @UTKHerbarium will be featured in The Vasculum, the @socherbcurators newsletter, in Aug 2020. Join the society to support #herbaria around the world! herbariumcurators.org/newsle… #naturalhistory #PlantAppreciation #Botany2020 #BSASciComm
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