In this episode, Leo from Morningstar Conservancy Conservancy illustrates how a rare cactus species is grown from seed for conservation purposes and to ease pressures on wild populations for consumption by the nAtive American Church. When plants are grown to adulthood, they can then be sustainably cut for ceremonies and allnight meetings and left to resprout from the base. As populations of this plant are dwindling in habitat, and as more habitat continues to be cleared, steps like this are necessary to ensure that the species is not slowly extirpated from its habitat.

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