Introducing Canna edulis aka Achira with Brandon Ruiz (a Utopian Seed Project Meet-the-Plant series)

Canna edulis aka Achira is a Andean tropical perennial that we can grow in North Carolina as a temperate annual. Achira produces a large edible rhizome that could become a significant root crop as our climate warms.
This video is part of a Utopian Seed Project series called, Meet-the-Plant, where plant experts introduce you to less known plants (in North Carolina) that have food production potential.
In this video, Brandon Ruiz, founder of CLT Herbal Accessibility Project and Utopian Seed Project board member, gives a historical, botanical and culinary overview of Canna edulis aka Achira.
Learn more at utopianseed.org

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I have a permaculture food forest in southwest FL and also land in southwestern NC. This is so exciting to see. Please research katuk and chaya. It would be great to get them going at your research farm.

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We have been growing chaya for a couple of years, but it's yet to really take off. I've not tried growing katuk though!