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by coinfused 957 days ago
Very nice! I'm wondering, what made you decide to start your own database from scratch instead of (re-)using and/or extending other databases/APIs (such as trefle, or the data sources that trefle uses)?
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Trefle looks inactive.

The goal of permapeople is not to gather as much plants as possible but focus on plants where humans currently see a use in, be it for food, medicinal or other uses.

Most data is curated by real people. We do import from the data sources trefle mentions but only to fill specific gaps in our db.