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Roos Combats Dreaded Japanese Knotweed by Simply Eating It.

Summary by Omroep Brabant
Most people get the creeps from Japanese knotweed. The plant grows through gardens, verges, foundations, and even asphalt. But wild forager Roos Konings from Breda actually looks happy when she sees the weed. "I fight the Japanese knotweed too," she says as she walks past a verge full of fresh green stems. "But I eat it." With a basket in her hand, Roos carefully picks out the youngest shoots. She leaves the older stems standing, because they be…
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Most people get the creeps from Japanese knotweed. The plant grows through gardens, verges, foundations, and even asphalt. But wild forager Roos Konings from Breda actually looks happy when she sees the weed. "I fight the Japanese knotweed too," she says as she walks past a verge full of fresh green stems. "But I eat it." With a basket in her hand, Roos carefully picks out the youngest shoots. She leaves the older stems standing, because they be…

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Omroep Brabant broke the news on Monday, April 20, 2026.
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