Great Goddess Herbed Cheese: Reviving The Spring Offering Of Moretum

April 14, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

This Roman springtime dish is a kind of cheesy pesto once eaten in honour of the Goddess Cybele, The Magna Mater (The Great Mother). And according to Ovid, Moretum descends from a time ancient people drank only pure milk and ate only “the herbs that the earth bore of its free will.” And as we’ll […]

Part 2. Ending The Toxic, Costly and Unnecessary War On Invasive Plants: What is Pristine Anyway?

September 23, 2015.Reading time 14 minutes.

This investigative series follows my personal exploration into a big question – is the toxic chemical war we are waging on invasive plants doing more harm than good? The New and Ever-Changing Wild In Part One we examined evidence suggesting that invasive plants may not be the evil interlopers we’ve made them out to be. […]

Prologue: Ending the Toxic, Costly and Unnecessary War on Invasive Plants. Now.

September 19, 2015.Reading time 16 minutes.

This investigative series follows my personal exploration into a big question – is the toxic chemical war we are waging on invasive plants doing more harm than good? I’ve had it. On a recent dog walk into Uplands Park, I was horrified to discover the landscape literally dotted with notices of herbicide applications of Glyphosate […]