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

This week on Let's Eat In Cathy sits down with Erik Michielsen and Andrew Osborne of Capture Your Flag, a new kind of website that combines a video database with a sort of networking platform. Capture Your Flag's goal is to put thinkers and do-ers in the spotlight, with a focus on those who are up-and-coming rather than at the top of their respective field. The premise is that people who are working to get their voice heard often have as much if not more to say than those who are already heard. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

Mitchell Davis is joined by food writer, author and director of the Experimental Cuisine Collective, Anne McBride on this weeks episode of Taste Matters. Tune in as they discuss the state of national cuisine of America and how perceptions change over time. Find out how through her work, Anne facilitates knowledge exchange and collaboration between chefs and helps further the art of gastronomy. From history to fusion, learn more about how culture and cuisine intersect. This program was sponsored Fairway Market.

"If we keep thinking of hamburgers as American food, i don't think we'll be able to take the step forward in [identifying] a national cuisine."

"Rejecting sustainability as a chef is the equivalent of trashing the hotel as a rock star."

--Anne McBride on Taste Matters