"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
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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
Medicine:
British
Columbia, Mexico, Michigan,
Mt. Rainier, Spain, Texas.
9.
Cooking
Wild Meat
Search by geographic area where you located the plant.
Search by: Trees and shrubs that bear fruit, nuts and berries.