Have you ever read a book that made you incredibly sad while still filling you with hope? A book that was knowledgeable and beautiful and made you want to go outside and bury your fingers in the dirt? That’s what Braiding Sweetgrass is to me. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Potawotami botanist and professor at SUNY’s school of Environmental Science and Forestry. This nonfiction book combines scientific knowledge of agriculture with Native practices and wisdom, but it is so much more than that. Throughout the […]