Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: When Kudzu Ate the South, Why Didn't the South Eat Kudzu? Katie Carter King Chapter 2: Welcome to the Green Food Zone: Wild Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Peter J. Matthews, Mohammad Anwar Hossain & Van Dzu Nguyen Chapter 3: A Brief Biography of Itadori: Re-storyation as an Approach to Japanese Knotweed Management Tusha Yakovleva Chapter 4: Cooking with Invasive Species: Culinary Suggestions for Promoting Control through Consumption Alana N. Seaman & Alexia Franzidis Chapter 5: Can We Love Invasive Species to Death? Sara E. Kuebbing, Joshua Ulan Galperin & Martin A. Nuñez Chapter 6: Turn Your Livestock into Weed Managers Kathy Voth Chapter 7: Invasive Plants Used in Chinese Medicine Thomas Avery Garran Chapter 8: Some Invasive Species of Demonstrated Medicinal Value Wendy L. Applequist Chapter 9: Invasive Common Reed as Valuable Bio-Resource: Lessons Learned from Europe Franziska Eller Chapter 10: Remediation as Harvest: Invasive Plant Species as Building Materials Katie MacDonald & Kyle Schumann Chapter 11: An Ethic of Care in Basketry: Weaving with Invasive Vines Katie Grove Chapter 12: Invasive Color: Using Invasive Species as Natural Dyes Theresa Hornstein Chapter 13: Fiber Optics: Do Invasive Species Look Good on Paper? James Ojascastro Contributors.