Category Archives: Harvest Food
Sedum Autumn Harvest
Image by bill barber
From my set entitled “Sedum”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum
Sedum is the large stonecrop genus of the Crassulaceae, representing about 400 species of leaf succulents, found throughout the northern hemisphere, varying from annual groundcovers to shrubs. The plants have water-storing leaves and a typical form of blossom with five petals, seldom four or six. There are typically twice as many stamens as petals.
Well known European Sedums are Sedum acre, Sedum album, Sedum dasyphyllum, Sedum reflexum (also known as Sedum rupestre) and Sedum hispanicum.
Many sedums are extensively cultivated as garden plants, due to their interesting and attractive appearance and hardiness. The various species differ in their requirements; some are cold-hardy but do not tolerate heat, some require heat but do not tolerate cold. They are preferred to grass for green roofs, popular in Germany and some other countries.
Sedum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grey Chi. In particular, Sedum spathifolium is the host plant of the endangered San Bruno elfin butterfly of San Mateo County, California.
Sedum reflexum, known as "prickmadam," "stone orpine," or "crooked yellow stonecrop," is occasionally used as a salad leaf or herb in Europe (incl. the United Kingdom) [1]. It has a slightly astringent sour taste.
Sedum acre ("biting stonecrop") on the other hand contains high quantities of piperidine alkaloids (namely (+)-sedridine, (-)-sedamine, sedinone and isopelletierine) which give it a sharp, peppery and acrid taste and make it somewhat toxic. Depending on the amount consumed, irritations of the mucous membranes, cramps and paralysis, including respiratory paralysis may ensue. In ancient Greece, biting stonecrop was used to treat epilepsy and skin diseases, as well as to cause abortions.
Sedum can be used to provide a roof covering in green roofs.
Visit www.harvesteaitng.com to get the written recipe for this video. Chef Keith Snow creates the perfect Thanksgiving vegetable gravy.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Celebrate Spring with Underground Food Collective!
Image by jonny.hunter
Underground Food Collective is back in New York City with a series of three multi-course dinners celebrating Spring Bounty and Foraged Foods, May 15, 17 and 18, 2009.
After sold-out, highly praised Pre-Industrial Pig Dinners in January, Wisconsins celebrated Underground Food Collective is returning to Brooklyn. This time were joining up with local friends to present meals celebrating SPRING with local lamb, foraged roots and shoots (from Wild Organics), early harvests (from Added Value), and New York brewed beer. Friends from Marlow and Daughters, Sweet Deliverance join us for dinners on rooftops, in scratch kitchens, and at urban farms.
Dinners include a multi-course Spring Feast and tasty local beer. We advise that you also bring a bottle of wine or other spirits to share with your companions. Tickets sold out fast in January, so dont miss out on this exciting celebration. Please make sure to include your email address in your order, as we will email you with the location of the dinner once you purchase your ticket. All dinners are in Brooklyn.
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/63738
May 15 – Rooftop Dinner,
May 17 – Urban Farm Dinner, (This dinner is a benefit for Added Value)
May 18 – Scratch Kitchen Dinner,
Dinner Partners:
Added Value: www.added-value.org
Sweet Deliverance: www.sweetdeliverancenyc.com
Marlow and Daughters: www.marlowanddaughters.com
Wild Organic: www.wildorganicfood.com
Natalia Palacios oversees harvest of CIMMYT maize lines enriched with vitamin A
Image by CIMMYT
Natalia Palacios, CIMMYT maize nutrition quality specialist, oversees the harvest of maize lines bred to have a high content of provitamin A, on an experimental plot at CIMMYT’s headquarters at El Batán, Mexico. Palacios works on breeding maize rich in beta-carotene, a provitamin that is converted to vitamin A within the human body. This maize therefore has the potential to ameliorate the problem of vitamin A deficiency in people who rely heavily on maize in their diet.
Maize is the staple food for more than one billion people in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, but it is low in provitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is a particular danger for very poor families who are unable to eat a diverse diet. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that night blindness and other health problems caused by vitamin A deficiency, which weakens vision and immune systems, affect more than 5 million children and nearly 10 million pregnant women worldwide.
CIMMYT’s efforts form part of HarvestPlus, a CGIAR challenge program that uses biofortification to improve the nutritional value of staple foods. As part of an ongoing breeding program, scientists in CIMMYT and other organizations are now at work to produce a new generation of varieties with more provitamin A than ever before. Alleles that can boost beta-carotene levels in grain, rare and previously found only in temperate maize, are being bred into tropical maize for developing countries.
For more about CIMMYT’s work in breeding biofortified maize rich in provitamin A, see the following e-news stories:
- "Rare genetic variant in maize gives grain more pro-vitamin A", 2010, available online at: www.cimmyt.org/newsletter/231-2010/617-rare-genetic-varia….
- "Formula for success", 2007, available online at: www.cimmyt.org/newsletter/63-2007/203-formula-for-success.
For more on HarvestPlus, see: www.harvestplus.org/.
Photo credit: CIMMYT.
www.therenegadehealthshow.com – Yesterday at the Walnut Creek Farmer’s Market, we talked to Steve Gentry of Steve’s Bees… He explained in detail how pollen is taken from the hive, how colony collapse is effecting his bees, and more. I’ve been experimenting with bee pollen and I find it to be energizing and beneficial. It’s a great source of B-complex vitamins. It also contains protein. Take a look…
Apple Harvest Autumn Leaf
Image by Striking Photography by Bo
The fall harvest green apple on a yellow autumn leaf and black background. www.jamesinsogna.com/Still-Life/Food-Photography/14735383…
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