At SHO, We’re dedicated to global,culinary research that enables regional, wild, perennial, and climate-stable food systems. Without a new vision of plant-centered cuisine, we cannot change land use, create food system stability, or protect wildlife and their critical habitats.
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Given the low sap-to-syrup conversion for birch, we decided to boil the sap only part-way while infusing it with the very medicinal polypore fungi that the tree hosts:: chaga, hoof fungus, and birch polypore.
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rabica coffee loves the shade and thrives within the understory of other taller trees—ie in a polyculture. But there are degrees of overstory quality, some of which are excellent bird habitat, and some are less so. Remember, just because your coffee is organic, shade-grown, and fair trade doesn’t mean it creates quality habitat for birds. (See the quoted distinctions below between bird-friendly, organic, and fair trad)e. With Birds and Beans, you get all the benefits in one coffee. In permaculture, we call that ‘stacking functions.’
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Could caragana arborescens be a functional "soybean" that grows on nitrogen-fixing shrubs? We've found that the compactness and intensity of the peas are best used in concentrated form as an umami-rich flavoring.
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Vegan Gastronomy
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We’re making amazing forest dashi from our home-grown shiitakes, birch polypore, turkey tail, reishi, chaga (all mushrooms from our forest), with dried daikon, Maine kelp, and alder smoked salt (plus a few other key ingredients).
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