![Vermont Garden Journal show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/051/422/small/vpr-vermont-garden-journal.jpg)
Summary: On my recent trip to Northern India, I noticed in farmers' fields a common Vermont shrub. There were rows and rows of yews. I found out they're the Pacific yews and farmers are growing them to extract a cancer-fighting chemical, taxol, from the plant.