Events

What is a Weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Join us for a live virtual presentation via Zoom by Debbie Dekleva, aka Milkweed Maverick, to explore the past, present and future uses of milkweed, the monarch butterfly’s larval host plant. Her goal is to utilize milkweed’s  attributes in consumer and industrial products to increase biodiversity, support the monarch migration, and invigorate the economy of rural communities.  Debbie is a second generation milkweed entrepreneur whose innovations based on milkweed are implemented by engaging communities in the responsible collection of milkweed materials and creating novel business ventures that fund the protection and restoration conservation of nature while creating economic vitality in UNTAMED AG communities.