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First Aired - 12/15/2011 02:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants, Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Kreig delve into ethno-botany with Dr. Ina Vandebroek, Ethnomedical Research Specialist at the Institute of Economic Botany at New York Botanical Garden. They discuss the role plants play in medicine and how in other cultures herbal remedies and traditional healing methods are trusted more than conventional health care. Learn more more about ethnobotany, immigrant health and more on a very informative episode of We Dig Plants. This episode was sponsored by Barterhouse Wines.
"In a 2005 study on Dominican ethnomedicine that was financed by the National Institute of Health we discovered that 80% of the people tested believed that there were health conditions that a medical doctor does not understand and cannot cure and that's why they are using herbal remedies."
"The majority of the population in the Dominican Republic believes that The Evil Eye exists."
-- Dr. Ina Vandebroek on Ethnomedical Research Specialist at the Institute of Economic Botany at New York Botanical Garden on We Dig Plants
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We Dig Plants: Ethnobotany (17:59)
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First Aired - 07/17/2011 03:30PM
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This week's episode of We Dig Plants sees Camen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg sitting down with Paul Harwood of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to discuss the purpose and history of herbariums and explore the roots of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and other educational Brooklyn institutions. Later in the show, Steve Glenn explains what's behind the NY Metropolitan Flora Project and what the future holds for botanical research. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.
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We Dig Plants: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Herbarium (20:32)
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First Aired - 10/03/2011 12:00PM
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The Naturalist returns, and Bernie is joined by Paul Greenberg, author of "Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food". Tune in to learn more about Atlantic salmon and sea bass and how farming has changed the destiny of these two popular types of fish. Find out how companies are trademarking certain genetically modified salmon and hear about everything from taxonomy to feed as it relates to fish. This episode was sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.
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The Naturalist: Atlantic Salmon with Paul Greenberg (31:46)
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The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Cain Five, Hudson River Foundation, Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, salmon, Atlantic salmon, dams, fishermen, char, farmed fish, fish farming, selective breeding, Norway, genetically modified salmon, AQ Advantage Salmon, containment, Atlantic Ocean,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
