Nourishing Native Plants on Farms and Ranches

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT agriculture specialist Nina Prater is joined by Tim Hammer, co-owner of Homegrown Native Foods, LLC. Tim is an educator who teaches people about responsible and safe foraging of wild plants and mushrooms in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. In this conversation, they discuss the many qualities of native plants that make them desirable in the farmscape, the commercial potential of different native plants, how to forage in the wild responsibly, and more. ATTRA Resources: Native Plants Offer More Than Beauty to the Farmscape Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources Other Resources: Homegrown Native Foods, LLC Tim Hammer Contact Info Bringing Nature Home, by Doug Tallamy Fall Glade Onion information Arkansas Food Innovation Center The Beaver Institute Bo Brown, Foraging Author and Nature Educator Prairie Moon Nursery