Its official journal is Economic Botany, published on their behalf by Springer Science+Business Media and the New York Botanical Garden Press.

[1] The society also publishes a biannual newsletter, Plants and People.

[2] The society organizes annual meetings at different locations around the world, where it awards the prize of Distinguished Ethnobotanist to particularly meritorious individuals.

[3][4] In 2022 the Society voted to change the name of this award to the Distinguished Ethnobotanist award, going into effect in June 2023.

Recent recipients of the Distinguished Economic Botanist prize include:[4] Past presidents of the society include:[5]