Foraging as a Way of Life - Mikaela Cannon

Foraging as a Way of Life

A Year-Round Field Guide to Wild Plants

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Buch | Softcover
328 Seiten
2024
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-997-2 (ISBN)
36,15 inkl. MwSt
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.
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.


Full-color and lavishly illustrated, this accessible, 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 unique handcrafted 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 processing or consumption of each species, including cautions, lookalikes, and tips for sustainable harvesting.


Drawing on the author's field 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.

Mikaela Cannon is an author and instructor who facilitates classes and workshops focused on responsible foraging and wildcrafting. She is deeply rooted in her community and works with a multitude of local organizations towards the goals of Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation, environmental protection, and climate action. As a homeschooling parent, Mikaela is passionate about passing on to the next generation the skills and knowledge required to harvest and prepare wild foods. She has taken various courses in herbal medicine at Pacific Rim College, as well as studying Ethnobotany, Anthropology, and Biology at Okanagan College in the interior BC. She also trained as a wilderness guide in Sweden. Mikaela and her family raise chickens, sheep, and vegetables on a small farm near Armstrong, BC, Canada.

Disclaimer

Territorial Acknowledgment

Foreword by Nancy J. Turner

How to Use This Book

Welcome to This Book

Notes About the Land


A Year of Plants and Mushrooms


SPRING

March Wild Ginger, Weeping Willow, Norway Maple, Kinnikinnick, Early Blue Violet

April Cleavers, Purple Dead Nettle, Oxeye Daisy, Hairy Bittercress, Stinging Nettle

May Dandelion, Asparagus, Prickly Lettuce, Black Elderberry, Catnip


SUMMER

June Red Clover, Salsify, Lamb's Quarters, Common Mallow, St. John's Wort

July Saskatoon, Sheep Sorrel, Thimbleberry, Oregon Grape, Black Hawthorn

August Curly Dock, Western Giant Puffball, Chokecherry, White Sweetclover, Plantain


FALL

September Purslane, Common Burdock, Chickweed, White Chanterelle, Lobster Mushroom

October Yarrow, Rosy Gomphidius, Black Walnut, Chicory, Dog Rose

November Late Fall Oyster Mushroom, Large-leaved Avens, Western Mountain Ash, Prince's Pine, Rocky Mountain Juniper


WINTER

December Field Pennycress, Trembling Aspen, Ponderosa Pine, White Spruce, Western Redcedar

January Lodgepole Pine, Interior Douglas-fir, Beaked Hazel, Western Hemlock, Paper Birch

February Common Barberry, Rocky Mountain Maple, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Black Cottonwood, Lamb's Ears


Acknowledgments

Glossary

Drawings

References

Websites

Index to Common and Scientific Names

About the Author

About New Society Publishers

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort Nancy J. Turner
Zusatzinfo 450 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort Gabriola Island
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 229 mm
Gewicht 499 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Heimwerken / Do it yourself
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 0-86571-997-7 / 0865719977
ISBN-13 978-0-86571-997-2 / 9780865719972
Zustand Neuware
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