Mother Jones: Quinoa, the "it" plant that is the new darling of gluten-intolerant omnivores, has its dark side: land issues, environmental impact and sudden luxury prices that bar Bolivians themselves from access to their longtime nutritional staple.
Is it the plants that ride along with us and then out-compete local plant life?
So, what is it about plants that sharpens the mind?
To hide the cord, you can cover it with plants that drape over the edge of the fountain.
If this prickly girl is a cactus-hugger, it's the plants that are likely to get hurt.
Besides strip coal-mining operations, it has large plants that produce coal-preparation equipment and ammonium nitrate.
When an herbivore eats a plant it selects for plants that can mount a defensive response.
But it's not just plants that can do it.
It helps to have plants that are genetically engineered to resist weedkillers, but Europe has banned those.
It makes sense…most other plants that are grown achieve similar status.
