BLACKSBURG, Va. – We all know about invasive species, especially as spotted lanternflies impacted much of our area throughout the summer. Luckily, a Virginia Tech professor is getting creative while teaching students at the school about invasive species.
Dr. Jacob Barney has taught a class on invasive species for 15 years. To end the class each year, he hosts a potluck of dishes made by his students – with a catch. The students have to use an invasive species as an ingredient.
“I was trying to think of a fun thing to do at the end of the semester to get everybody together. To allow some creativity to enter the class as well. And I thought, well a lot of these things are edible so let’s do a potluck. and it’s been a major hit. We’ve been doing it fifteen years and it’s probably one of the best days of the semester actually.”…