Book: The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Author: Zoƫ Schlange

(Reading/Listening in progress)

  • moth caterpillar feeding leaves from some plant it pollinates

  • push and pull, ying and yang, creativity to find solutions against forces

  • Hawaii plants lost defenses. Mint doesnā€™t make mint oil and stinging nettle does not make the stings. Can we make a repository of them and use them for agriculture?

  • vigor and the root works of vegetable are linked to animate and life (unlike now)