Invasivores, or people who eat invasive species for, among other reasons, getting rid of them, are really trendy right now. And a bit more reasonable than freegans. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Invasivores”
Here’s a new word for you.
Yeah.
Invasivore.
Invasivore.
Invasivore is someone who eats invasive species.
Oh.
So you’ve got all these plants from elsewhere around the world that are like pushing out native species.
Okay.
And instead of just tearing them out, you tear them out and you eat them.
Oh, okay.
So like sauteed kudzu?
Yeah, I guess.
A kudzu apparently is edible.
Is it?
I think I would feed it to the pigs.
But you can find out more about this at invasivore.org.
Invasivore.
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