Author: Janet Colston

Contributing writer for Urban Ag News and Co-founder of The Functional Plant Company. Janet Colston PhD is pharmacologist with an interest in growing ‘functional’ foods that have additional phytonutrients and display medicinal qualities that are beneficial to human health. She grows these using a range of techniques including plant tissue micropropagation and controlled environmental agriculture to ensure the highest quality control.

By Janet Colston, PhD The internet is full of misinformation, like boiled garlic will “cure” the novel coronavirus. THIS IS DEFINITELY FALSE. Uncertainty creates fear. And in this uncertain time fear will lead to grasping onto a hope that anything will help and that there may be a magic cure out there. It’s important to note that we all are experiencing fear and anxiety during this uncertain time. We all (at times) feel helpless against things, especially new and invisible things like the new disease COVID-19. So first, lets focus on what we do know: The CDC recommends the following…

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