Ethnohorticulture - A Coevolution of Plants and People

3 Credits

Ethnohorticulture is the chain of events that determines the global uses of plants once they are collected from the wild and have become a commodity. In this course, you will explore how human and plant coevolutionary relationships formed, focusing on several crops and their roles in world cultures as food, spices, fiber, building materials, and cosmetics. Topics are many, including tomatoes, corn, and even beer. You will learn how humans shaped iconic plants, which then traveled the globe.