Eating kudzu, the vine that ate the South | Sci NC 

You could easily raise cows and goats on kudzu patches. They will overgraze if allowed as the protein content is high and it is very palatable to animals. Humans could also live off the leaves if prepared like spinach but honestly animals are better converters into animal protein. We could have easily fed our rabbits on it, they eat it like crazy including the vines. Chickens can be raised on it too but ours did not like it in favor of commercial feed.

Goats can eat what the people don’t use. Problem solved. Nature always gives us a mutually beneficial solution to any problem.

The only bias I have is that it kills EVERYTHING!

You can raise cows on Kudzu? And it fixes nitrogen? That sounds pretty good actually!

I use to see this on the side of the highway as a kid when my family went on road trips to the south. I use to think the trees looked like monsters all covered up with those leaves.

Not a single comment on that weed leaf that's on 4:20 ???? It's so on point

Look for Charlotte Kudzu. I have writen 2 songs about kudzu and the science of kudzu. My favorite song is "Kudzilla!"

The president of The Invasive Plants Council probably thought that if we once again intentionally started to cultivate kudzu again, it would grow to be an even BIGGER issue for many states in the South. But however, now that we have more advanced technology and have SEEN what Kudzu can do, wouldnt we be able to come up with a way to use it WITHOUT it getting out of control again? Since kudzu is a deep rooted plant that spreads rapidly, wouldnt we be able to cultivate it inside greenhouses in large, deep growing beds that way it wouldnt spread by root in our native soil? And with it being indoors in a CONTROLLED environment, when it flowers , seeds wont be dropped and sprout everywhere bc the only soil that is available for it to grow in are the growing beds and couldnt it be routinely deadheaded by workers to further make sure that it doesnt grow out of hand?? Now learning that the plant fixes nitrogen, grows readily, could feed live stock AND us, I think it would be a waste to not take advantage to this resource!! We just have to be a lot more careful this time

I’d love to watch livestock destroy kudzu patches. Maybe starting with Goats, then sheep, then maybe pigs because they dig up the roots and eat them? And if not hogs, we can harvest the root (much like the people in in the beginning of this video).

If there is a famine or zombie apocalypse people can live off kudzu alone. The roots, stems and leaves are all good for you and edible.

Not on the list, but Wisteria is sold in stores and is not good either. IMO

People always talk about invasive species escaping their predators, or iin this case herbivores. But then we only talk about insects. We need to recognise that we humans have wiped out most of the megafauna that used to provide grazing and browsing pressure in the ecosystem. Without them munching along through the landscape plants like kudzu can run rampant. We have also created lots of disturbed sites where pioneer plants like kudzu are perfectly adapted.

easy, stick it into a biogas reactor and sell energy. Highway Energy!!!

Can the roots be cooked and eaten like a potato?

I love this plant too,I think it can solve desertification problem in my country,what do you think?

The feds strike again with their brilliant ideas...

Good presentation! Not sure about the paradigm shift toward kudzu…

Is this plant good?? Im planing to buy a land . And has some kudzu

Why is it not a problem in Asia? Here it actually enriches the soil.

I don't know if you'll reply to this but what about GMO kudzu or grafting compatibility. Maybe it could accelerate the growth of vegetables along with producing more.

Looks like a yam/sweet potato

6:28:60 look like invasive sparrow

Wonder why you didn't see her say "wow! This weed vine hot cocoa is delicious fam!". Hahaha

5:05 wrong, we can eat our way out of it. You greatly underestimate how many humans there actually are lmao

How about using kudzu in a greendrink smoothie instead of kale?

Today I learned that a vibe environment is called a leona

When I lived in Gastonia NC it was taking over EVERYTHING!

How bout we let kudzu choke out some bamboo? Let em Duke it out.

May l eat kudzu green leave or root ,what s side effects may occur in me when used up

Ah I see now, everything makes sense.

It's great to have that mindset but if it keeps to spread that doesn't make it okay. Controlling it as a weed comes way before using it at the cost of it expanding and destroying nature :(

What kind of shredder was used?

There's enough alcoholics to keep it under control, as it helps you break the habit.

Why not feed them to cows too, actually?

I'd rather watch the goats eat it all up.

Kudzu never ate the soil.

Make some tinctures out of it and sell them on Etsy.

Has anyone actually tried to eat kudzu? Does it taste good?

Kudzu root is expensive in india. Export it ye damed monsters

im sure the vegans can eat our way out of the kudzu. and then we can plant more kudzu. maybe even on alien worlds.

Si toi aussi tu es en cours d’anglais

Kudzu not kadzu

Why not set a little fire to it

Moral Lesson: You can't trust the government to fix problems.

Okay, fine. But now get back here and concentrate on my kudzu root. Enjoy!

👁 love 💘KUDZU ERIC

Green carpet

A bit like Asian carp. You hate it. Most other nations love it. It’s tasty. I love to eat carp, but there is non where I live.

Use goats!

👁 💘 kudzu it's very very good on pizza 🍕👌😋 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

kudzu is beautiful i love it

Awesome

I hate privet

I'm getting a couple of goats to help me out.