What are the benefits of wild food foraging?
Wild edible plants are the ultimate in seasonal, local and sustainable produce. Fossil fuels are not expended to till the soil, sow seeds or harvest them, neither are fertilisers, herbicides or insecticides used to sustain them or to promote their growth. As well as being less harmful to the planetary ecosystem, there are health benefits too. Seasonal food matches the bodys needs. For example the leafy greens that arise in spring are good for renewal after the winter, and clean out the digestive tract. Many wild plants have higher levels of nutrients than domestic varieties as by cultivating them for size, productivity or particular flavours we may have bred out the nutrition and in many cases watered down the flavour. Collecting wild foods is also wonderful exercise, is a great incentive to enjoy the countryside and is also thought to have a therapeutic value. Most importantly, in contrast to our globalised food system where we can buy anything at anytime of the year, wild food foragi
