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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,922 posts) Thu Dec 7, 2023, 04:36 PM Dec 2023

Virginia proposes adding 12 plants, including kudzu, to noxious weeds list

I can't imagine why.

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Virginia proposes adding 12 plants, including kudzu, to noxious weeds list

BY: CHARLIE PAULLIN - DECEMBER 7, 2023 2:46 PM

A house in Dickenson County covered in Kudzu. (Sarah Vogelsong/Virginia Mercury)

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Virginia proposes adding 12 plants, including kudzu, to noxious weeds list (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 OP

It always amazed me if you call kudzu a weed it's bad but if you call it mitch96 Dec 2023 #1

I always wondered if it would make a good food choice for livestock, phylny Dec 2023 #2

dried and ground up to a powder, it makes a good gravy thickener like corn starch. mitch96 Dec 2023 #3

Today is the last day for public comments. Hopefully the proletariat won't hold back. littlemissmartypants Dec 2023 #4

mitch96

(14,651 posts)

1. It always amazed me if you call kudzu a weed it's bad but if you call it

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2023, 04:51 PM

Dec 2023

Kuzu it's a Japanese food ingredient..From ancient times, kuzu has been eaten as food, and has also been consumed for medicinal purposes to maintain health..
Go figure..
When I was into macrobiotics the stuff was expensive. Now I can pick it on the side of the road..
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