"The onset of agriculture brought with it a surge of infections, a decline in the overall quality of nutrition and reduction in
the average length of life."

                                      -Cohen et.al: Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture.

NATIVE AMERICAN PLANT FOODS AND MEDICINE
  
Guide to Edible and Medicinal Plants of North America
 

       

 

 

 

 

 

                 Rose Hips

                Banana Flowers 

              Asparagus                                          Wild Leeks

 

Nine ways to search for wild foods:  (Buy our Edible Plants DVD)

1. Edible and Medicinal Wild Plant Show  Visit Love Creek and harvest the food and medicine of wild plants.
2. Geographic location.  Zones: 1. US 2. Eastern 3. Western 4. Western Mountains 5. Seashore and Marine.
3. Trees and shrubs that bear fruit, nuts and berries.
4. Season by season wild foods.
5. Poisonous Plants.
6. Be certain to read Foraging Rules.
7.  Wild Plant Recipes.  There are recipes throughout the program, here are a few of my favorites. 
8.  Also see Cultural MedicineBritish Columbia, Mexico, Michigan, Mt. Rainier, Spain, Texas.
9.  Cooking Wild Meat

Search by geographic area where you located the plant.

Wetlands

Yard and Meadow

Western Mountains

Desert and Prairie

Seashore and Marine

Eastern Woods

Western Woods

 

Search by:  Trees and shrubs that bear fruit, nuts and berries.

    Useful Nuts, Barks, Leaves, Roots of Trees and Shrubs

    Berries/Fruit