From CBS, via press release:
Martha Teichner with weed-eating goats.
To some, weeds are the scourge of the earth, killing precious crops along the way. To others, however, weeds are a source of food. On this weekends broadcast, CBS SUNDAY MORNING correspondent Martha Teichner gets to the root of the love-hate relationship people have with weeds, and the various ways folks have learned to live with them or try to put them out of existence.
This is an absolute enemy of the state, no question whatsoever, weed scientist Stanley Culpepper of the University of Georgia tells Teichner of Palmer amaranth, also known as pigweed. Pigweed has destroyed cotton and soybean crops in the south.
If you go to the beach and you shouldnt have, this plant will beat you, so it is war, and its a war of survival because this plant will put you out of business, Culpepper says.
Some places are using goats to keep the weeds down, while others are relying on chemicals to fight back.
On the other end of the spectrum, though, are folks like New Jerseys Tama Matsuoka Wong, who supplies edible weeds to a couple of the fanciest restaurants on the East Coast. Grabbing a weed, Matsuoka Wong says, its very nutritious and its really good as long as youre picking it the right way and cooking it.
Teichners piece will air August 19 on CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD (9:00-10:30 AM, ET).
Show spokesman Richard Huff added in an email that its a fun piece. Fun for whom Martha, the goats? Well just have to tune in to find out.
Via: Martha Teichner gets Tangled in Weeds on CBS Sunday Morning
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