Today's show features wild edibles. We'll make spicebush tea with fourth graders in Southern Indiana, and get some ideas for wild mushrooms from Chef Daniel Orr. Harvest Public media brings us a story about farmers looking to Sunflowers and I talk with a film maker looking at the future of american agriculture through the eyes of young farmers.
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Shane Gibson is the Director of Environmental Education with Sycamore land Trust.
He's been working with with Shawn Fisher's 4th grade class at Unionville Elementary a public school just outside of Bloomington, in Southern Indiana. This school has developed a new curriculum this year called EARTH. It stands for Environment, Art, Resources Technology and Health. The new approach makes for an easy partnership with Gibson, who focusses on the environment but also on health. His visits always include extra outdoor time for the kids, and often a discussion on the nutritional aspects of edible wild plants.
Today they'll take a walk, past the playground, down to their outdoor classroom. They're making spicebush tea together, and sampling some pancakes made with acorn flour. See below for recipes.
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Graham Meriwether's film Farmers for America premieres in Indianapolis at the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention. We talk with him about the challenges facing young farmers, and what draws young people into farming.
Stories On This Episode
Genetic Advances In Sunflowers May Mean Future Profits
Self-pollination is a trait that'll be increasingly important to sunflower farmers as wild bee populations diminish.
Congress Approves More Relief For Puerto Rico
Congress this week passed a $36.5 billion emergency package to pay for ongoing disaster relief from Puerto Rico to California.
How To Make Spicebush Tea
During the Civil War, spicebush tea often substituted for coffee when rations ran low. Pioneers also often made a spring tonic of spicebush tea.
Acorn Pancakes
For breakfast, enjoy a taste of fall with these acorn pancakes
