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The 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany: Xalapa, Mexico
2010 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

CONFERENCE IMAGES - te tangata, te tangata, te tangata (it's the peopl, it's the people, it's the people)
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Drs. Edelmira Linares and Robert Bye presented with the Distinguished Economic Botanist award by President, Dr. Mary Eubanks
Will McClatchey announces the 2010 DEBs and welcomes Drs. Edelmira Linares and Robert Bye on stage.
2010 SEB Council
     
Conference organizers, Arturo Gómez-Pompa, Sy Sohmer and Ernesto Rodríguez Luna
SEB Chapter organizers, Front row: Mary Eubanks (President-Elect), Daniel Motlhanka (Botswana), Sonai Peter (Caribbean) Back row: John Rashford (Past-President), Christian Vogl (Europe), Catherine Lukhoba (Kenya), Eve Emshwiller (President)
 
     
Drs. Edelmira Linares and Robert Bye on the pre-conference field trip.
Bob sharing the plan.
Edelmira expolring a market.
     
Pre-Conference field trip group.
Edelmira contemplating before the next adventure.
 
     
The opening reception was held in the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (Museum of Anthropology) in Xalapa. The museum houses the largest collection of artifacts from Mexican Gulf Coast cultures such as the Olmec, the Huastec and the Totonac with more than 2,500 pieces. The most notable pieces in the museum are the giant Olmec heads and the smaller Totonac ones, which are called “caritas sonrientes” (little smiling faces) in Spanish.
The opening reception was held in the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (Museum of Anthropology) in Xalapa.
The opening reception was held in the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (Museum of Anthropology) in Xalapa.
     
The opening reception was held in the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (Museum of Anthropology) in Xalapa.
The opening reception was held in the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (Museum of Anthropology) in Xalapa.
The opening reception was held in the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (Museum of Anthropology) in Xalapa.
     
The opening reception was held in the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (Museum of Anthropology) in Xalapa.
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
     
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
     
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
     
Images from the Local Markets field trip - Ethnobotany in a local market of Xalapa (Mercado Toluca)
   
     
     
     
     
     
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
     
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
     
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
     
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
     
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
     
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
     
The "Chile (Capsicum annuum L.), Biodiversity and Culture" event. A gourmet tasting of chiles presented by native cultures of Mesoamerica held at Citro. WOW!!!
Traditional sauce preparation workshop, Jardin Botanico Francisco Javier Clavijero in Xalapa.
Traditional sauce preparation workshop, Jardin Botanico Francisco Javier Clavijero in Xalapa.
     
Traditional sauce preparation workshop, Jardin Botanico Francisco Javier Clavijero in Xalapa.
Traditional sauce preparation workshop, Jardin Botanico Francisco Javier Clavijero in Xalapa.
Traditional sauce preparation workshop, Jardin Botanico Francisco Javier Clavijero in Xalapa.
     
Traditional sauce preparation workshop, Jardin Botanico Francisco Javier Clavijero in Xalapa.
Herb vendor in the central market of Caotepec
Breakfast (and coffee!!) in Xico, Veracruz
     
Cascada de Texolo, Xico, Veracruz
Cascada de Texolo, Xico, Veracruz
Cascada de Texolo, Xico, Veracruz
     
Cascada de Texolo, Xico, Veracruz
Cascada de Texolo, Xico, Veracruz
Cascada de Texolo, Xico, Veracruz
     
Sy Sohmer gives a big thank you and a gift to conference organizer, Valentina Martínez Valdés
Ashely DuVal receives the 2010 Fulling Award.
Adolfo Rebolledo-Morales, Universidad Veracruzana receives 'Honorable Mention Award' for his 2010 SEB poster entitled - Sustainable production of amate paper: Local knowledge about plants used by ñahñus for amate handicraft production in San Pablito, Puebla, Mexico
     
Janna Rose, Florida International University receives 'Honorable Mention Award' for her 2010 SEB poster entitled - Bactericidal and bacteriostatic effects of 15 anti-diarrheal plants from central Anatolia
Mitra Karimian, Frostburg State University receives 'Honarable Mention Award' for her 2010 SEB poster entitled - Analysis of dulcimer makers in Appalachia
Mayra Villar-Buzo, Universidad Veracruzana receives 'Honorable Mention Award' for her 2010 SEB poster entitled - Las mujeres: actores principales en la conservación del conocimiento tradicional
     
Xitlali Aguierre-Dugua, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico receives the 2010 grand prize Morton Award for her poster entitled - The gourd tree Crescentia cujete: Phylogeography and ethnobotany of a useful fruit in Mexico.
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Cascada de la Monja, Xico, Veracruz
 
     

 

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