Foraging as a Way of Life
A Year-Round Field Guide to Wild Plants
Find connection with the land and feed your family locally, seasonally, and sustainably Nourish your family from nature's pantry. Foraging as a Way of Life documents twelve months of wildcrafting, featuring five different plants each month for a full year of abundant local and seasonal eating. Enhance your sense of self-sufficiency while increasing food security, protecting habitat, and connecting with the land. This lavishly illustrated, accessibly written, in-depth resource features: Accurate and detailed descriptions of herbs, mushrooms, berries, and other wild plants to avoid confusion and inspire confidence when determining plant identification. Foraging recipes for remedies, tonics, syrups, and handcrafted unique dishes incorporating wild ingredients—feast on rosehip soup with pan-fried dandelion flowers, followed by birch-bark cookies or chicory chocolate bars. Extensive guidance for safe use or consumption of each species, including cautions, lookalikes, and tips for sustainable harvesting. Drawing on the author's own lived experience and her study of herbalism and ethnobotany, Foraging as a Way of Life is designed to inspire readers to share the exuberance and joy of wild foods while finding nourishment and connection in their local fields or forests. A must for every gardener who would like to gather dinner while weeding, for those wishing to learn sustainable harvesting while hiking, or for anyone who wants to create healthy, foraged meals while living lightly on the planet.
Nourish your family from nature's pantry. Foraging as a Way of Life documents a full year of wildcrafting for abundant local and seasonal eating. Lavishly illustrated, detailed descriptions of each plant are written in an accessible style, complemented by profiles, recipes, and tips for safe and sustainable harvesting.
| Autor: | Cannon, Mikaela |
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| ISBN: | 9780865719972 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Ingram Publishers Services |
| Veröffentlicht: | 09.04.2024 |
| Untertitel: | A Year-Round Field Guide to Wild Plants |
| Schlagworte: | Conservation & Ecology Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living Home & house maintenance Home and house maintenance NATURE / Plants / Mushrooms SELF-HELP / Green Lifestyle Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle Trees, wildflowers & plants Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest |
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