this just came out on 1-3-25...its available to view till 5-11-25 watch it while you can....30minutes.
Urban Foraging | ARTE.tv Documentary
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The girl seems a little fruity, has she nothing else to do than go around foraging? I like it that she wants to show others how to forage.
I've often, like the past 30 years, thought about moving to Maine because of all the awesome wild foods and other crops that grow well there. Am I there yet?
The guy, Christian, has a great knowledge base as well as the girl.
I'm afraid they are both going to starve. LOL
I have eaten tempeh.
Thanks, bro!
I've often, like the past 30 years, thought about moving to Maine because of all the awesome wild foods and other crops that grow well there. Am I there yet?
The guy, Christian, has a great knowledge base as well as the girl.
I'm afraid they are both going to starve. LOL
I have eaten tempeh.
Thanks, bro!
Remember Ewell Gibbons? He was about urban foraging. I think he ended up living in PA or Maine.
its her business...or that what i understood...lol
one thing i had to pause on though...is those cracks guy was foraging from...just how may times in past had round up or other weed killer been sprayed to try and kill plants coming up in crack....i read about a guy harvested some stuff in edge of field to ferment a drink with and it smelled of chemical and oil...he checked with farmer and it had been sprayed with weed killer.
p.s. this is posted for inspiration...one life to live...do it...do something...bloom where we are be it city,urban or the wildest place on the planet.
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Plants growing out of the soil or concrete right next to the leg of a bench, my first thought was "my dog peed there."
And there is a half life to things like round up making it unsafe to eat plants grown there for YEARS. I forget, like 10 yrs or something.
My brain told me this was a private message where I first responded, so now the rest of you get to see what kind of fruit loop I am, like you already knew. My head is still spinning from today's forum sad news.
Pennsylvania was his final state.
"Did ya ever eat a pine tree?"
Knowing how to forage is a pretty important skill. Think of all the pioneers that either starved or suffered and died from various illnesses as they trudged across America but didn't know what herbs, plants, and trees to use to sustain their lives.
(Here Bacpacker would chime in somewhere in this thread and share a story about hiking and native plants).
I've eaten yard salad, robin, and squirrel, the problem with urban foraging after SHTF is that everybody will be doing it, and if you look like you have a sack of goodies, you're going to be mugged or worse. that and it takes a minimum of one pound of plant matter per adult per day for minimal survival, the edible plants won't last that long. Neither will rats and dogs.
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I wouldn't eat anything that grows in the city. Just think of the dogs and cats peeing and pooping everywhere, people spitting everywhere. And then there's the exhaust from cars, trucks and busses, people dumping their used oil and antifreeze along curbs and gutters and vacant lots. No thanks.
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great idea if you were the last people left on earth, and people had been gone for a year or so. Trying to forage in berlin with 3.7 million other people ...........
My wife did a herb walk in a small area at 6000 ft elevation here in montana and identified 28 edible or medicinal plants. Short growing season tho.
We don't spray our little place and enjoy our dandelion salads and other edible "weeds".
My wife did a herb walk in a small area at 6000 ft elevation here in montana and identified 28 edible or medicinal plants. Short growing season tho.
We don't spray our little place and enjoy our dandelion salads and other edible "weeds".
Ah yes, growing season! how will you preserve yard salad 4 months?
Our Rhubarb comes up pretty early and we have some nice Ponderosa pine to make pine needle tea that is rich in vitamin C. Then there is my patch of Sun Chokes I can dig all year if I can get thru the permafrost.
Hunter gatherers had some lean times unless they had ample wildlife to hunt in the winter. And or they did a lot of drying and storing during the warm months.
Urban and country will do quite a bit better. 
