The KnottyFood Manufactory offers the bionic solution to a question all authorities have failed to answer, yet!
Controlling noxious weeds the most natural way means, we no longer fuss with the symptoms; but eliminate the cause of their highly invasive tendency. The lack of natural enemies.
Fortunately enough many invasive plant species are indigeniously renowned for their edability and medical properties.
At the same time, any country where Japanese Knotweed is presently chemically eradicated, would vastly improve their health statistics if this plant would be introduced to the common diet plan. Turning these plants into an object of mass consumption by placing Relish of Japanese Knotweed between mustard and ketchup on any lunch-, as well as Jelly of Himalayan Balsam on every breakfast table would not only spare us the toxic pollution, jazz up general nutrition and most sustainably develope new local resources sideeffectly, like honey was in middle age wax production; but first and foremost save our biodiversity from one of it´s major threats !
That`s why this project is a partner of: http://www.countdown2010.net/
Controlling noxious weeds the most natural way means, we no longer fuss with the symptoms; but eliminate the cause of their highly invasive tendency. The lack of natural enemies.
Fortunately enough many invasive plant species are indigeniously renowned for their edability and medical properties.
At the same time, any country where Japanese Knotweed is presently chemically eradicated, would vastly improve their health statistics if this plant would be introduced to the common diet plan. Turning these plants into an object of mass consumption by placing Relish of Japanese Knotweed between mustard and ketchup on any lunch-, as well as Jelly of Himalayan Balsam on every breakfast table would not only spare us the toxic pollution, jazz up general nutrition and most sustainably develope new local resources sideeffectly, like honey was in middle age wax production; but first and foremost save our biodiversity from one of it´s major threats !
That`s why this project is a partner of: http://www.countdown2010.net/
Future Prospects
Posted 29th-October-2008 at 03:41 AM by Knottyfood
The following invasive plant species shall be added to the program:
Hedge Garlic
Jerusalem Artichoke
Wild Taro
Galingale
Giant Hogweed
Mahonia
More to come.............
Hedge Garlic
Jerusalem Artichoke
Wild Taro
Galingale
Giant Hogweed
Mahonia
More to come.............
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Wheat, corn, potatoes, etc. were originally invasive species in Europe...Posted 29th-October-2008 at 06:13 AM by Karl
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“Eat the invasives” – is that the plan for sustainable control (and protection of biodiversity)? I fully understand the rationale for this being suggested for the Japanese knotweed. However, in addition to helping to control the plants, it also can “create a market” for their products (and therefore build an acceptance for them in the society). If we take the example of the Green-lipped mussel, native to Asia, but has appeared within the past 10 years in the western Atlantic between Trinidad and Florida. These have a larger size and are edible, but the problem is their effect on displacing the native species (such as oysters) and their heavier size (can break the mangrove roots). They can be harvested and consumed, but is it a good idea for the conservation of native biodiversity, when this is encouraged? (and therefore creating a market for them). Also, many invasive plants cannot be consumed. For example – African grasses found throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, and many of the North American plants that have become established in Europe are also not edible. So it is always a difficult trade-off between (1) encouraging the invasive (where they are edible or otherwise potentially useful), (2) eradication attempts (e.g. using chemicals) or (3) the "no action" alternative...Posted 31st-October-2008 at 12:54 AM by Karl
Updated 31st-October-2008 at 01:01 AM by Karl
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