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Alack, ’tis he!

King Lear Act 4,
scene five CORDELIA:

Alack, ‘tis he! Why, he was met even now
As mad as the vexed sea, singing aloud,
Crowned with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds,
With hardokes, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers,
Darnel, and the idle weeds that grow
In our sustaining corn (IV.v.1-6)

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Interview

The lovely Marissa published an article about my work on DasSuperPaper, a free Australia-wide magazine.
Here’s the introduction:

As the global pace of urbanisation accelerates and the world’s
agricultural resources diminish, Diego Bonetto’s use of organic
material and exploration of agrarian botanical themes emphasise
key eco concerns such as temporality, the fragility of nature, the
randomness and the impermanence of life. While [...]

Weeds as a source for human consumption

From here
Thanks to PFAF for the amazing work

This paper was sent into PFAF by Martha Díaz-Betancourt

Weeds as a future source for human consumption.

Martha Díaz-Betancourt1, Ismael R. López-Moreno1, Eduardo H. Rapoport2, Luciana Ghermandi2 , Estela Raffaele2 and Ana Ladio2.
1. Instituto de Ecología, Ap. Postal 63, Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico.
2. Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Departamento de Ecología, 8400 Bariloche, [...]

On Plant’s Intelligence

Oh well, however nutty might sound, this guy present it with data and charm:

Stefano Mancuso: the roots of plant [...]

on perMapOesiS

Natural Bitterness from Patrick Jones on Vimeo.

a short video poem by Patrick Jones, permaculturalist, spoken word artist, poet, blogger, father, all of which in no specific order.

” the industries
of spontaneous flora.
an invisible abundance
that greed ignores ”

Read [...]

back log

wow, the list just does not stop!
OK OK, let’s start with this below, straight copy+paste from the TWOTHOUSAND site, and online magazine/trend setter from Sydney.
You gave a tour this past Saturday in Darlington, which was fun and cheeky, light yet underpinned by big issues.
The article below was written by Nadia Saccardo, as part of the drumming-up [...]