Stems, seeds, roots, leaves
Researcher: Jason Ball Overview We experimented with different parts of Chenopodium album, also known as goosefoot, lamb’s quarters, or fat hen. Some kombucha and beer trials were particularly successful. Recipes below. On a visit to a farm on the outskirts of Copenhagen last summer, I had what some may refer to as a ‘moment of clarity’. The name of the farm is Pometet. The name comes from ‘Pometum’, a collection of varieties of fruit trees and bushes, which itself derives from the Latin word ‘pomum’, meaning ‘fruit on trees’. As an extension of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Copenhagen University, the farm also serves as part of the Nordic Gene Bank, which (among other things) aims to preserve Danish heirloom varieties of fruit. The work that is being done on this farm is extremely important for the cultural preservation of heirloom varieties of fruit in Denmark, as … Read more