Wild Food Zen

By Roditch

There are many places in the world where people still get a large proportion of their food in the wild. And there are just as many who go hunting for their food in supermarkets. Wild Food is fresh, natural, organic, herbal, tasty, easily available and free: in contrast to supermarket food which is expensive, old, full of chemicals, lacking minerals and vitamins, dehumanizing and tastes not so good. this book is an introduction to Wild Food which surprisingly is everywhere if you know where to look. In difficult times like Covid-19 pandemic, Wild Food is a great option for extra food, any food, to survive until life returns to normal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roditch
• Release date: Apr 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463334508

Roditch

I am a retired Photography Teacher, Refugee Settlement Manager, and Builder. For the past 10 years, I have been teaching part-time, writing books, taking photos and doing lots of research.All the books I write come from experience and research. Yes, in my life so far I have worked with refugees, taught art, built houses, studied herbs, and health. I have also studied astrology spirituality including meditation, animal welfare, and poetry.I sincerely hope that you can gain valuable information from my books (usually short and sweet introductions) to different facets of life I have visited.

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Wild Food

ZEN

Roditch Roditch

Published by Roditch at Smashwords

copyright © Roditch 2019

all rights reserved

Smashwords Edition

Contents

Disclaimer

Introduction

Mango leaves and diabetes

Moringa leaves

Papaya leaf

Grapevine leaves

Edible parts of vegetable plants

New Zealand spinach

Blue Butterfly Pea

Katuk

Chaya

Mulberry leaves

Stinging nettles

Sorrel

An update along the way

Hibiscus

Linden Trees

Wild betel leaves

Alfalfa

Broadleaf Plantain

Forget Me Not

Elderberry

Amaranth

Summary

Disclaimer

The contents of this book are for educational and gardening purposes only. Before using or ingesting ANY herb or plant for medicinal purposes or otherwise, please consult a physician, conduct appropriate research, or seek the advice of a medical herbalist.

This book is an introduction to the kinds of wild foods people are eating every day around the world. Most of the information in this book will have some scientific or anecdotal evidence. BUT it is important you use this as a guide to the many options you have with wild food in conjunction with your own research and conclusions about each plant's safety and its exact botanical name.

Introduction

Supermarkets are not our only option for food. Vegetable markets, especially Asian ones, have a much more diverse and cheaper range of foods. If you have stuck with peas, beans, carrots, and broccoli all your life, you are missing out. And so does nature, the original source of food for everyone and now just a few. If you are worried about the cost of food or what you would eat in case of a natural or human-made disaster, then you need to learn about the huge amount of leaves, flowers, and seeds you can eat everywhere, including your own backyard.

This small book is the same as all the books in the Zen series. It is a taster, an inspirer, and a prodder to learn more and change your life for the better. It is about edible leaves, seeds, and flowers that are all around you, in your garden, parks, and forests. There are so many benefits: saving money, fresh food, no pesticides (normally), the herbal health benefits they have over conventional farm-grown food, and there is a huge fun factor too. Learning about foraging for food is a lot of fun (better than playing games on the internet), empowering, and satisfying. We humans are not robots yet. We need a balance of nature and technology in our lives (much more nature would be good). You can think of foraging for food in the same way that you think