PLANTING THE FUTURE: Saving Our Medicinal Herbs - 8 page color insert

Addressing one of the most urgent issues for environmentalists, America's most respected and well-known herbalists share in-depth information on saving 30 popular at-risk herbs-- Includes color photos of 30 medicinal plants and explains how to use and grow them-- Provides mail order resources for hard-to-find seeds-- Offers consumers suggestions for making eco-friendly purchases and using other herbs with similar actions as alternatives-- Edited by Rosemary Gladstar, author of the bestselling Herbal Healing for WomenWhile the renaissance in the U.S. botanical market is positive in many aspects, medicinal plant populations are suffering from loss of habitat and overharvesting, and many popular medicinal herbs are now at risk, including echinacea, American ginseng, goldenseal, Hawaiian wild kava, peyote, and wild yam. Planting the Future shows us how land stewardship, habitat protection, and sutainable cultivation are of critical importance to ensure an abundant renewable supply of medicinal plants for future generations. The authors share their extensive experience with using and growing these popular herbs and include suggestions for creating your own private herbal sanctuary, using herbal analogues -- other medicinal herbs that porvide the same benefits and exist in plentiful amounts -- for at-risk plants, and making your herbal purchases a votse for sustainability.