Malabar spinach is a leafy green in the tropics that grows all year round, and its vibrant purple seeds can even be used for hair dye. In this episode, we’ll talk with a Texan woman who dyed her daughter’s hair purple with the seeds, a plant researcher in Washington D.C. describing it is a great alternative food source, and a rooftop gardener in Taipei using it as a spinach substitute.
Topics covered in this episode:

Min 0:07 : Meet Stephanie Fredrickson
Min 2:14 : Intro to malabar spinach
Min 3:59 : Experiments with the berries
Min 6:47 : Meet Mamatha Hanumappa
Min 8:09 : Why grow malabar spinach?
Min 11:09 : Ways to cook malabar spinach
Min 13:04 : The health benefits
Min 15:11 : Meet Kate Nicholson
Min 17:17 : Other similar perennials
Min 18:56 : Reevaluating the definition of sustainability

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