Plants for a Future
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Plants for a Future is a research organization for ecologically sustainable horticulture with a focus on outdoor plants for temperate climates. The organization publishes research on approximately 7,000 species, providing plant uses such as edibility, medicinal, and dyes and a rating and comment section.
The organization has been based at The Field in Cornwall, England since 1989 and have planted over 1,500 edible species at their facility.
Ratings
Plants for a Future rates a plant's edibility and medicinal value using a 1-5 scale.
| Key | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Very minor uses |
| 2 | Reasonably useful plants |
| 3 | Could be grown as standard crops |
| 4 | Very useful plants |
| 5 | Great value |