• Protecting Plants and Their Native Habitats for Future Generations

  • Mar 5 2013
  • Length: 53 mins
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Protecting Plants and Their Native Habitats for Future Generations

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  • Herbs and plants are an amazing natural resource, the health and abundance of which is crucial to the practice of herbal medicine. In this show we will explore the current state of popular medicinal plants such as American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) and what consumers can do to ensure the sustainable use of these herbal medicines. Our guest is Susan Leopold, the Executive Director of United Plant Savers, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the United States and Canada and their native habitat. For any plant lovers and consumers of herbal medicine alike, it is important that we understand our individual and collective roles in ensuring that these plants are not used to extinction, but are protected for future generations.
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