Ryan Huish is an ethnobotanist and associate professor of biology at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, deep in the Appalachians of far southwest Virginia. With a background in botany and sociocultural anthropology, his research interests incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to address basic and applied questions in ethnobotany, ecology, plant conservation, and the preservation of biocultural knowledge. Some of his research topics include Appalachian ethnobotany, native food plants, and forest farming of medicinal/edible plants. He and his family are stewards of Appalachian Cove Forest Farm and Homestead where they practice and demonstrate various agroforestry principles, including silvopasture, alley cropping, forest farming, multifunctional riparian buffer zones, and native plant agriculture.