S2 E4 - Remembered cures: The long history of connection between plants, human and animal health
Description
In this episode we talk to sheep farmer and ethnobotanist William Milliken who works at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He researches the relationship between plants and people, how we've used plants to cure ourselves for generations. Much of his research has centred on an Irish collection that is a treasury of ancestral knowledge of traditional cures for animals and people.
Episode host:
Catherine Cleary
Episode guest:
William Milliken
Resources:
Royal Botanical Gardens - Kew - Dr. William Milliken
Ethnoveterinary Medicine Project at Kew
Book: Flora Celtica - Plants and People in Scotland
Ethnoveterinary Data in Britain and Ireland: can native herbal medicine promote animal health?
This podcast is produced by the Irish Agroforestry Forum and funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Forestry Promotion Fund.
Our hosts are Catherine Cleary and Ray Ó Foghlú, with design and production by Karishma Kusurkar from The Curated Pod and the project lead is Maureen Kilgore, Manager of the Irish Agroforestry Forum.
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