Camas: The Most Important Plant You've Never Heard Of

(90 min. video, from Mugsy Explains)

This science teacher takes you on a fascinating journey where you'll learn everything there is to be learned about camas, a plant that historically served as the main staple food for most of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. He explains the history, anatomy, reproduction, and ecology of this amazing plant, and travels to actual camas meadows in the process. He also cultivates camas in his garden at home, and harvests, cooks, and eats camas.

Full length video (90 mins.): Camas: The Most Important Plant You've Never Heard Of

0:00 Introduction 1:26 - What is Camas? 8:13 - The Camas Field (March) 12:35 - History of Cultivation 22:05 - Anatomy 45:41 - The Camas Field (April) 50:42 - Ecology 57:17 - Foraging 1:04:08 - My Garden 1:09:33 - Harvesting 1:16:04 - Cooking 1:24:52 - Next Steps 1:28:17 - Epilogue

Most of the photographs of indigenous people in this video were taken by Lee Moorhouse. A Umatilla Indian agent with a passion for early photography. Music in this Video Intro Music Debussy - The Girl With the Flaxen Hair Performed by Blue Shift Licensed through Shutterstock Monetization ID - 7GULMVIWPW77MZRI Other Music Ravel - Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Licensed through AdobeStock Debussy - Reverie L68 Licensed through AdobeStock Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...