Pat Freeling News Today

The tiny plants were already popular when the pandemic hit. They are now pilfered by the thousands from the wild.

Although the subject of “Plant Heist” might seem unusual, Gabriel and Chelsi de Cuba could relate to its main subjects in on fundamental way when they were on the lookout for something worthwhile enough to take time away from their work in the commercial world, not unlike the poachers in California who seek out succulents that could fetch big bucks in the international market. “We were hungry for a creative pursuit and had been brainstorming on ideas of what we could do together as a proj...