Starving While Surrounded by Food

The first time I was in NYC, the people I was with really wanted to go to…Red Lobster.

At the time, I didn’t understand.

Getting into foraging in Ohio, it struck me that plants like Lamb’s Quarters were present across the world.

Our “wild” foods were commonly eaten in the old country!

You’ve probably read stories of the struggles of pioneers starving.

When we go somewhere new, we often think that if the land looks the same, the ecosystem is the same.

We use what’s familiar, and forego what flourishes.

The Norse figured out how to use wild species in the Atlantic.