Summer wild food walk

One of the main purposes of our group is to help its members and our community to survive and thrive.

We're starting late for spring this year as you may have noticed. This brings up lesson one:

Plant harvesting is weather dependent. With the cold winter the plants have just begun to spring up. Should have a bountiful harvest by time the class comes around.

Reasons people might want to come

Health

Wild foods are the most nutritionally dense food on the planets which contain unique chemicals and enzymes not found in the typical western diet. Eating wild foods may ramp up ones constitution and feeling of well being

Preparedness and confidence

With the knowledge that food will always be within a quick walk fear of famine or other crop failures can subside. Those who do the "survival in the woods" hobby can add this to list of tools we carry in the mind. In addition with the increase in health, the viral outbreak scenario won't hit as hard.

Economics

With the collapsing dollar, items such as quality food are becoming less and less affordable. There is a way to eat for less and become more self-sufficient. Wild food is free and abundant and one more step toward self-sufficiency!

Environmental and permaculture

Wild food tends to grow like weeds, mostly because they are. At the very least they are some of the hardiest and fastest growing plants requiring little to know effort to grow. This of course is because you are growing them in the environment they are meant be be grown in as long as you match plant/location accordingly. The end result of this is you can grow much more food in a much smaller space in less than perfect soils which won't require tilling thus solving world hunger issues, if we can get over our stereotypes against the "weeds".

To move toward these goals, we will be walking the Alabama Park and see what’s growing and eat it.

You will need:

1. Outdoor foot wear

2. Work gloves

3. Bags to put food in

4. A good wild edible book (I like the Peterson Guide)

5. A small knife

6. Water for drinking and some for cooking

7. Eating & cooking utensils

8. Spices and oil if you want them (Walnut, coconut or macadamian work best)

9. Small shovel

Be ready to spend several hours walking and harvesting. Rain gear may be required as well as insect repellent (You are in swamp land).

For those who stay long enough we will eat our harvest afterward.

If you wish to transplant plants to your garden bring utensils for that as well.

See you there,

Rob