Food and plants are inextricably intertwined. Plants undoubtedly serve a much larger role than just growing the items we consume, but this overlap between botany, nutrition, and people is where my interests lie. Using the knowledge we have learned so far about the relationships between plants and people to shape the future of agriculture seems like the right path forward and explains my interest in the field of ethnobotany. This past May I graduated from Purdue University with a degree in agricultural engineering and a focus on crops and soils. I recently started working for a small nonprofit here in Anchorage, Alaska (the place where I was born and raised) called Alaska Village Initiatives to help with economic development and sustainability, agriculture being a massive part of that, for rural Alaska.
Great job on these dissections Nikira! Lots of great botanical details and the photography works well too! Don’t shy away from sectioning the flowers and in particular the ovary it can reveal some interesting features. Well done! I put together a little collage of your dissected Polemonium acutiflorum.
Great job on these dissections Nikira! Lots of great botanical details and the photography works well too! Don’t shy away from sectioning the flowers and in particular the ovary it can reveal some interesting features. Well done! I put together a little collage of your dissected Polemonium acutiflorum.