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A comprehensive list of all the terms used in the database including medicinal, edible, and other uses. For example:

Medicinal Terms :: Adaptogen: Helps the body 'rise' to normal stress situations, thus preventing the many chronic degenerative diseases.

Edible Terms :: Gum: Can be chewed as a chewing gum or can often be used as a sweetener or thickening agent in foods.

Other Uses Terms :: Basketry: Plant used in making baskets and other items such as chairs. Includes plants that are only used as an ornamental addition.

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Now available: PLANTS FOR YOUR FOOD FOREST: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens.

An important new book from PFAF. It focuses on the attributes of plants suitable for food forests, what each can contribute to a food forest ecosystem, including carbon sequestration, and the kinds of foods they yield. The book suggests that community and small-scale food forests can provide a real alternative to intensive industrialised agriculture, and help to combat the many inter-related environmental crises that threaten the very future of life on Earth.

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FOOD FOREST PLANTS

 

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