I have co-organized a panel with my dear friend and colleague Youyi Xie for the American Anthropological Association meeting this week. Our panel focuses on agrifood systems and explores how Indigenous peoples and local communities across Latin America are navigating socioecological change. (1/3)

In my happy place with dozens of Passiflora at the Jardín Botánico de Bogotá yesterday!

Insane

Genus Espletia, commonly know as Frailejónes. Perhaps the plant most known and associated with the paramos of Colombia. (Pic 3 is the plants’ view of Bogotá)

Ireland too!!!

🌾On #WorldFoodDay, we join @fao.org in calling for food systems that work with nature, not against it. “The #KMGBF cannot be achieved without a global push for sustainable agrifood systems.” @astridschomaker.bsky.social 🤝 Let's grow a better future for all! 🔗 www.cbd.int/article/2025...

Acacia baileyana is common in my new Bogotá neighborhood. It’s always interesting seeing how cities landscape certain neighborhoods, and I never feel settled or at home until I know who my plant neighbors are!

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Passiflora tarminiana on the streets of Bogotá. Passiflora never cease to amaze me—one of my favorite genera for sure!

(1/2) As a kid poring over jars of bugs and my parents’ old NatGeo copies, Jane Goodall showed me that a career in science as a woman was possible. I remember spending weeks on a “role model” school project about Jane when I was 10.

Dietes bicolor on the streets of Bogotá! (cultivated)

Not a bad work from home view! (Bogotá, Colombia)

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(1/3) In June I traveled to Prague for the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnobotany. This was my first SEB meeting and it was a joy to meet and learn from other interdisciplinary researchers who are not quite entirely botanists, anthropologists, or geographers, but a mix!

I have been delighted to spend the last few weeks in the University of Georgia herbarium and greenhouses! I've learned how to mount, process and file specimens, and so much more. Now I'm just waiting on a plant from Ireland (or Colombia) to finally cross my desk!

Hi! I am Doreen, a PhD student working on urban adaptation in White Ibises. My studies incorporate genetics, conservation, behavior, and a community science project that involves many passionate birders! Have you seen my tagged ibises? Use the link in bio to report your sighting! pic:Neelya Eiram

Hi all! I'm Aoife, a plant lover+ PhD candidate in the Anthropology and Integrative Conservation Program at UGA. I work with farmers in the Colombian Amazon to explore synergies between shifting agriculture, livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation. What's your favorite plant? 🌲