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Love Them to Death: Turning Invasive Plants into Local Economic Opportunities
Love Them to Death: Turning Invasive Plants into Local Economic Opportunities
 

"Love Them to Death provides a remarkable shift in the 'traditional' perspective on invasive species. While we have been brought up to consider invasive plants as foes, this book makes a powerful case for shifting the paradigmatic landscape of invasive species, by providing a series of well-written and researched chapters on the potential utilitarian value that they can provide."
—Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., The New York Botanical Garden
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Love Them to Death encourages readers to envision a variety of economic uses for the invasive plants of their region. This peer-reviewed edited volume brings together writings by a diverse group of independent professionals, academics, and artisans, with expertise in a wide range of plant uses—for food and drink, herbal medicines, basketry, livestock forage, biofuel, structural materials, paper, and dyes. From cultural and ecological examinations to practical applications, Love Them to Death looks at troublesome species as resources that might be safely and thoughtfully exploited.

Q & A with editor Wendy L. Applequist
Publication Information
  • Editor: Wendy L. Applequist
    Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
    ISBN: 9781935641315
    Publication Date: 2025
    Format: Paperback
    Pages: 293
    Illustrated: Yes