Welcome to the plant renaissance. Everywhere we look, people are turning to plants with vigor and curiosity, for hobby, diet, health and healing. Re-turning is more accurate. The human connection to plants is long and storied, and while we never fully lost connection, the 20th century was one of engineered disconnect: plastics replaced wood in our built environment, processed foods replaced fresh vegetables, beef became what’s for dinner, and pharmaceuticals took over the role of healing. The sum effect was one more degree of separation from the natural world.
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