Next Meeting: Saturday September 1, 3:00 PM

"Some Like it Hot: The Little Known World of Chili Peppers"

Dr. W. Hardy Eshbaugh
Economic Botany's 2007 Distinguished Economic Botanist
Hosted by the U.S. Botanic Garden

Take a journey with Dr. Eshbaugh and learn about the fascinating world of chili peppers. Learn about their origin, evolution, history uses and how they have changed our lives.

Dr. Hardy Eshbaugh, an expert in the taxonomy of cultivated plants- including chili peppers- has distinguished himself as a tireless advocate for biodiversity conservation and has contributed to the next generation of botanists through his inspirational teaching and service.

Dr. Eshbaugh, former president of the Society of Economic Botany, the Botanical Society of America, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and the Audubon Society, is an author/editor of two books, over 100 research and general papers and more than 20 book reviews.

On Friday, August 31, Dr. Eshbaugh will take his audience on a journey through time that considers Ten Plants that Changed the World. On Saturday, September 1, he will join the DC Ethnobotanists for his talk Some Like It Hot - The Little Known World of Chili Peppers, also open to the public.

Please RSVP to jamie_s_whitacre@yahoo.com if you plan to attend the talk/DC Ethnobotanists meeting on Saturday. It will be a good one!

For the Friday talk, register at http://www.usbg.gov/education/events/ten-plants.cfm