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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